Chris Hedges Quotes
We live in an oligarchic state where we’ve been rendered utterly powerless. The judiciary, the legislative, the executive branch is all subservient to an oligarchic corporate elite. And the press is owned by an oligarchic corporate elite which makes sure that any critique of them is never broadcast over the airwaves.Chris Hedges
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This fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism and extremism in their mosques.
Otto Schily -
Some days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in the news business, when you're working a daily news broadcast, you get your victories and defeats every day.
Sam Donaldson -
To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
Yaya Toure -
Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.
Gabrielle Giffords -
All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
Salman Khan -
I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.
Pam Grier
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Sometimes you have to laugh about what gets published; sometimes it's annoying, but in general I don't care.
Olivier Martinez -
Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
Orison Swett Marden -
If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.'
Adam Hamilton -
I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out.
Famke Janssen -
I am joining the hundreds of thousands who shall be marching in the Virtual March on Washington to Stop Global Warming in order to demonstrate the concern that we all hold for the future of our planet and all the living things - flora, fauna, human and animal - that exist upon it.
Walter Cronkite -
The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.
Van Wyck Brooks
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As a kid, I always liked reading stories where I had a power-projection fantasy. I wanted to be inside of a story where I had power and influence, was going to rise to power, was going to somehow influence my society.
Paolo Bacigalupi -
I want to play a psycho, something more challenging than just 'the girlfriend' part.
Barbara Palvin -
I just want to have a nice, happy life.
Orlando Bloom -
To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.
Randall Jarrell -
One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist.
Hal Holbrook -
We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings.'
Jacki Weaver
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Art is a critical component in a well-rounded education. Art is the level playing field - no matter how rich or poor, tall or short, pretty or ugly to the bone, if you can draw, you can find personal fulfillment and build self-confidence. Art is the highest achievement of mankind.
Lynda Resnick -
The most important thing is to have a point of view and have something to say. That is important if you are filmmaker or artist. That means you have to experience the world.
Kathleen Kennedy -
The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial chance of introducing another.
Fred Brooks -
To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
Carl Sandburg -
We live in an oligarchic state where we’ve been rendered utterly powerless. The judiciary, the legislative, the executive branch is all subservient to an oligarchic corporate elite. And the press is owned by an oligarchic corporate elite which makes sure that any critique of them is never broadcast over the airwaves.
Chris Hedges