Bill Ayers Quotes
Large numbers of people are broken from the notion that the system is working for people, that the system is just or humane or peaceful.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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Of course, as consumers, we want cheap and good products; however, if these production processes are exceeding wastewater discharge standards and even causing heavy metal pollution, they will cause long-lasting damage to the ecological environment and public health.
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I love morning television because it's the most vulnerable time of day, when you are at your rawest, and if I have the ability to make viewers smile, that's a gift from God.
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You just have to re-wire your brain when you're shifting from the stage to the screen or the silver screen or the HD flat screen.
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I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.
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The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity.
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The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.
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I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.
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The political process is rough and tumble by definition, and being grounded in faith in a Higher Power has proven helpful in navigating the difficult terrain.
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When I board an airplane these days, all the middle-aged men are dressed like me - when I was an 8-year-old. They're in shorts and T-shirts. And it's not just on airplanes. It's in business offices, teachers' lounges, and churches.
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I'm originally from San Francisco. I might move there some day. But, I like L.A., I have fun in L.A. It's a fun town if you've got money in your pocket. It's a good town.
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I select a very small number of things to be sceptical about, such as markets, and on these I am hypersceptic. But I want to be fooled by randomness in art. I want the ceremonial of religion; we are made for it.
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Growing up, I was on film sets occasionally, when my dad was acting, so I got to run around and do odd jobs on films like 'Labyrinth' and others... I seemed destined to make films.
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I believe we need to ensure there are no refugees placed in Arizona with connections to terrorist organizations.
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To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must necessarily be in a constant state of evolution: it is mad to try to express new feelings in a mummified form.
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I like to kill people in my dreams, so when I fall asleep be sure not to come too close.
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In a photo, you just do a click, but in art you have to put in so much energy. This concentration of energy and attention says something that other media cannot say.
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Large numbers of people are broken from the notion that the system is working for people, that the system is just or humane or peaceful.
