Phil Ochs Quotes
In every American community there are varying shades of political opinion. One of the shadiest of these is the liberals. An outspoken group on many subjects. Ten degrees to the left of center in good times. Ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them personally. Here, then, is a lesson in safe logic.
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I'm such a stereotypical female learner in that I love social studies and love literature, and I always struggled with math and science.
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.
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When I played sports, if you lose the game, and then you complain, that makes you a sore loser. That doesn't make you protester - that just makes you a whiner.
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If I'm trying to rebound after a bad hole, I just go back to tempo and process and rhythm, and I cling to my routine.
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I seemed to have been born reading.
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When I make a film, I am hoping to reinvent the genre a little bit. I just do it my way. I make my own little Quentin versions of them... I consider myself a student of cinema. It's almost like I am going for my professorship in cinema, and the day I die is the day I graduate. It is a lifelong study.
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I do strongly identify with being Jewish. I was raised Orthodox and had a childhood complicated by the fact that my father was deeply religious and my mother was not.
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You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.
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There is something uniquely American about the motel: It speaks to the transient nature of America itself, one enabled and encouraged by our roads and highways.
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I keep on saying, being moderate is fundamental to Islam.
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I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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I was shocked when 'The Hobbit' ended where it ended. I wasn't paying attention to what they were doing; I didn't know they had another movie, and I couldn't believe it was when the dragon came out.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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Air power will not defeat ISIS. It has not been able to deny ISIS freedom of maneuver and the ability to attack at will.
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I like a lot of the stuff that they did without me, the time I wasn't around.
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My favorite special skill on my resume is 'excellent monkey noises.'
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A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern. But what is the best that we can offer to those who govern? Prayer!
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The wicked exist in this world either to be converted or that through them the good may exercise patience.
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Every head of state and government in the world is allowed to have his opinion and to voice it.
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In every American community there are varying shades of political opinion. One of the shadiest of these is the liberals. An outspoken group on many subjects. Ten degrees to the left of center in good times. Ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them personally. Here, then, is a lesson in safe logic.
