Chris Hedges Quotes

The vanquished know war. They see through the empty jingoism of those who use the abstract words of glory, honor, and patriotism to mask the cries of the wounded, the senseless killing, war profiteering, and chest-pounding grief.

Chris Hedges

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  Gail Simmons
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• I'm a huge Disney nut. I have been since I was a little kid.

  

  Zachary Levi
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• Some smashes have been timed at more than 250 mph, so you get less than a second to react. People who see a professional badminton match up close are always shocked at the speed.

  

  Rajiv Ouseph
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• Some stresses are unavoidable - it's just part of life. One of the things I do to avoid stress is not work with people that I don't really like or drive me crazy.

  

  Dan Hill
  • People
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• Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.

  

  Sammi Hanratty
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  • Go
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• I hadn't thought that women were particularly dangerous golfers. Could that be the reason that the Augusta National Golf club refuses to take down its 'No Women Allowed' sign?

  

  Madeleine M. Kunin
  • Women
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• Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics.

  

  Yitzhak Navon
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• Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Pain
  • Sad
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• I never thought of a career of as a model, and it was a total surprise for me when I won the contest and became Miss Chelyabinsk. Then I started modelling in Paris.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • Career
  • Thought
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• Italy and France could lop off their excessive wealth through a one-time tax on private wealth.

  

  Edmund Phelps
  • Time
  • Wealth
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• We think of the 1950s as an oppressive time in the culture, and indeed it was, but it was also in many ways a more secular moment, and one in which great scientific achievements flourished. I don't want to get too gauzy about this, but there was much more respect for science as a necessary part of society.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Time
  • Great
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• If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.

  

  Nawal El Saadawi
  • Love
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• I always say it took me 10 minutes to write 'Cars,' but if I am honest it could have been even less than that - and it has been a really successful song over the years. It is still massively used, in advertising, in films, and people do cover versions of it a lot.

  

  Gary Numan
  • Song
  • Films
  • Advertising

• Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.

  

  Jack Prelutsky
  • Poetry
  • Enough
  • Smart

• I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country.

  

  Bainbridge Colby
  • Teaching
  • Teachers
  • Salaries

• There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.

  

  E. W. Howe
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  • Man
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• I think you have to be careful. You have to know exactly what is going to resonate with voters. And you can't get ahead of that. You have to be very careful with your approach.

  

  Wendy Davis
  • Think
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• It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all.

  

  Madeleine M. Kunin
  • Time
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  • Compromise

• When I originally auditioned for 'Hereditary,' I didn't think I'd get it because everyone there was, like, three years younger than me and had red hair - it was a very odd thing. When I ended up getting it, I was really excited because it was on my bucket list to be in a horror film.

  

  Milly Shapiro
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• We live in a world fraught with risk from new pandemics. Fortunately, we also now live in an era with the tools to build a global immune system.

  

  Nathan Wolfe
  • World
  • Live
  • Risk

• We have been telling and hearing and reading war stories for millennia. Their endurance may lie in their impossibility; they can never be complete, for the tensions and the contradictions within them will never be eliminated or resolved. That challenge is essential to their power and their attraction. War stories matter.

  

  Drew Gilpin Faust
  • May
  • Power
  • War

• Women are successful in the business world because the business world was created by men. Men are babies. And women areGood With Kids.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • World
  • Men
  • Women

• What happens in Senate fight club stays in Senate fight club.

  

  Benjamin E. Sasse
  • Senate
  • Fight Club

• The vanquished know war. They see through the empty jingoism of those who use the abstract words of glory, honor, and patriotism to mask the cries of the wounded, the senseless killing, war profiteering, and chest-pounding grief.

  

  Chris Hedges
  • War
  • Words
  • Honor