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Sadly, at a time when so much sophisticated cultural criticism by hip intellectuals from diverse locations extols a vision of cultural hybridity, border crossing, subjectivity constructed out of plurality, the vast majority of folks in this society still believe in a notion of identity that is rooted in a sense of essential traits and characteristics that are fixed and static. Bell Hooks
Life is neither static nor unchanging. With no individuality, there can be no change, no adaptation and, in an inherently changing world, any species unable to adapt is also doomed. Jean M. Auel
When describing me, Tracy often refers to a well-known concept of physics: 'inertia.' As Newton avers in his first law: 'An object that is not moving will not move until a force acts upon it. An object that is moving will not change its velocity until a net force acts upon it.' In other words, depending on what's happening in my life at any given moment, I can either be the laziest human being on the planet, or the busiest. I'm perfectly content to do absolutely nothing until I'm catalyzed by... Michael J. Fox
In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me. John Fowles
Holly Hunter quote: "The rhythm of my career has always been very static, staccato..."
The rhythm of my career has always been very static, staccato and then silent, and then a lot of work, and then none. Holly Hunter
Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people, their interaction with spaces and environmental condition. John Portman
William Hull quote: "One problem with ideas, however valid, is that they are static..."
One problem with ideas, however valid, is that they are static and impersonal, whereas a person is active and dynamic. William Hull
Most countries are static, and they need to do is keep having babies. But America's like this big old clanking smoking machine that just lumbers across the landscape scooping up and eating everything in sight. Neal Stephenson
Jean Piaget quote: "Scientific thought, then, is not momentary; it is not a static..."
Scientific thought, then, is not momentary; it is not a static instance; it is a process. Jean Piaget
Many leaders of big organizations, I think, don't believe that change is possible. But if you look at history, things do change, and if your business is static, you're likely to have issues. Larry Page
Kenneth Tynan quote: "A novel is a static thing that one moves through; a play is a..."
A novel is a static thing that one moves through; a play is a dynamic thing that moves past one. Kenneth Tynan
Evelyn Waugh quote: "Instead of this absurd division into sexes they ought to class..."
Instead of this absurd division into sexes they ought to class people as static and dynamic. Evelyn Waugh
Twyla Tharp quote: "The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The..."
The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts. Twyla Tharp
But when researchers at Bell Labs discovered that static tends to come from particular places in the sky, the whole field of radio astronomy opened up. Murray Gell-Mann
Robert Smithson quote: "Objects in a park suggest static repose rather than any..."
Objects in a park suggest static repose rather than any ongoing dialectic. Parks are finished landscapes for finished art . Robert Smithson

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