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Jacques Derrida Quotes

In Algeria, I had begun to get into literature and philosophy. I dreamed of writing-and already models were instructing the dream, a certain language governed it Picture Quote #1

The boarding-school experience in Paris was very hard, I didn’t put up with it very well. I was sick all the time, or in any case frail, on the edge of a nervous breakdown Picture Quote #1

To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend Picture Quote #1

As soon as there is language, generality has entered the scene Picture Quote #1

We are all mediators, translators Picture Quote #1

Who ever said that one was born just once? Picture Quote #1

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Circumcision, that's all I've ever talked about Picture Quote #1

Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'here are our monsters', without immediately turning the monsters into pets Picture Quote #1

There is nothing outside of the text Picture Quote #1

What cannot be said above all must not be silenced but written Picture Quote #1

I always dream of a pen that would be a syringe Picture Quote #1

I rightly pass for an atheist Picture Quote #1

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I speak only one language, and it is not my own Picture Quote #1

Beyond the touchline there is nothing Picture Quote #1

There is nothing outside the text Picture Quote #1

If things were simple, word would have gotten around Picture Quote #1

One often speaks without seeing, without knowing, without meaning what one says Picture Quote #1

Beauty only happens once Picture Quote #1

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The end approaches, but the apocalypse is long lived Picture Quote #1

Certain readers resented me when they could no longer recognize their territory, their institution Picture Quote #1

Everything is arranged so that it be this way, this is what is called culture Picture Quote #1

I do everything I think possible or acceptable to escape from this trap Picture Quote #1

No one will ever know from what secret I am writing and the fact that I say so changes nothing Picture Quote #1

I have always had trouble recognizing myself in the features of the intellectual playing his political role according to the screenplay that you are familiar with and whose heritage deserves to be questioned Picture Quote #1

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The poet…is the man of metaphor: while the philosopher is interested only in the truth of meaning, beyond even signs and names, and the sophist manipulates empty signs…the poet plays on the multiplicity of signifieds Picture Quote #1

Psychoanalysis has taught that the dead – a dead parent, for example – can be more alive for us, more powerful, more scary, than the living. It is the question of ghosts Picture Quote #1

Peace is only possible when one of the warring sides takes the first step, the hazardous initiative, the risk of opening up dialogue, and decides to make the gesture that will lead not only to an armistice but to peace Picture Quote #1

A text is not a text unless it hides from the first comer, from the first glance, the law of its composition and the rules of its game. A text remains, moreover, forever imperceptible. Its laws and rules are not, however, harbored in the inaccessibility of a secret; it is simply that they can never be booked, in the present, into anything that could rigorously be called a perception Picture Quote #1

We are given over to absolute solitude. No one can speak with us and no one can speak for us; we must take it upon ourselves, each of us must take it upon himself Picture Quote #1

The blindness that opens the eye is not the one that darkens vision. Tears and not sight are the essence of the eye Picture Quote #1

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In Algeria, I had begun to get into literature and philosophy. I dreamed of writing-and already models were instructing the dream, a certain language governed it. (Jacques Derrida Quotes) The boarding-school experience in Paris was very hard, I didn’t put up with it very well. I was sick all the time, or in any case frail, on the edge of a nervous breakdown (Jacques Derrida Quotes) To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend (Jacques Derrida Quotes) As soon as there is language, generality has entered the scene (Jacques Derrida Quotes) We are all mediators, translators (Jacques Derrida Quotes) Who ever said that one was born just once? (Jacques Derrida Quotes) Circumcision, that's all I've ever talked about (Jacques Derrida Quotes) Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'here are our monsters', without immediately turning the monsters into pets (Jacques Derrida Quotes) There is nothing outside of the text (Jacques Derrida Quotes) What cannot be said above all must not be silenced but written (Jacques Derrida Quotes) I always dream of a pen that would be a syringe (Jacques Derrida Quotes) I rightly pass for an atheist (Jacques Derrida Quotes) I speak only one language, and it is not my own (Jacques Derrida Quotes) Beyond the touchline there is nothing (Jacques Derrida Quotes) There is nothing outside the text (Jacques Derrida Quotes) If things were simple, word would have gotten around (Jacques Derrida Quotes) One often speaks without seeing, without knowing, without meaning what one says (Jacques Derrida Quotes) Beauty only happens once (Jacques Derrida Quotes) The end approaches, but the apocalypse is long lived (Jacques Derrida Quotes) Certain readers resented me when they could no longer recognize their territory, their institution (Jacques Derrida Quotes) Everything is arranged so that it be this way, this is what is called culture (Jacques Derrida Quotes) I do everything I think possible or acceptable to escape from this trap (Jacques Derrida Quotes) No one will ever know from what secret I am writing and the fact that I say so changes nothing (Jacques Derrida Quotes) I have always had trouble recognizing myself in the features of the intellectual playing his political role according to the screenplay that you are familiar with and whose heritage deserves to be questioned (Jacques Derrida Quotes) The poet…is the man of metaphor: while the philosopher is interested only in the truth of meaning, beyond even signs and names, and the sophist manipulates empty signs…the poet plays on the multiplicity of signifieds (Jacques Derrida Quotes) Psychoanalysis has taught that the dead – a dead parent, for example – can be more alive for us, more powerful, more scary, than the living. It is the question of ghosts (Jacques Derrida Quotes) Peace is only possible when one of the warring sides takes the first step, the hazardous initiative, the risk of opening up dialogue, and decides to make the gesture that will lead not only to an armistice but to peace (Jacques Derrida Quotes) A text is not a text unless it hides from the first comer, from the first glance, the law of its composition and the rules of its game. A text remains, moreover, forever imperceptible. Its laws and rules are not, however, harbored in the inaccessibility of a secret; it is simply that they can never be booked, in the present, into anything that could rigorously be called a perception (Jacques Derrida Quotes) We are given over to absolute solitude. No one can speak with us and no one can speak for us; we must take it upon ourselves, each of us must take it upon himself (Jacques Derrida Quotes) The blindness that opens the eye is not the one that darkens vision. Tears and not sight are the essence of the eye (Jacques Derrida Quotes)

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