Brian May Quotes
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I would not, under any circumstances, try to impose my personal faith and belief on the rest of the country. I don't think that's right. I don't think that's appropriate. But freedom of religion doesn't mean freedom from religion. And I think that anything we can do to promote the idea that people should express their faith is a good thing.
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I think twerking is overrated.
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I probably have a higher opinion of my writing than the average person, at least when I'm in a good mood, but I don't really think of my plays as only being relevant to a particular month or year.
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You look at science fiction and look how often it talks about being alien, being alienated about the other. Look at the number of blue people - 'Avatar,' I'm looking at you. And it is now easier to find people of color in science-fiction literature and media, but the issues of representation are still really, really troubling.
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Was Sen. Barack Obama a Muslim? Did he ever practice Islam? The presidential candidate officially rejects the claims, but the issue of Obama's personal faith has re-emerged amid conflicting accounts of his enrollment as a Muslim during elementary school in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.
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I think free speech is probably the coolest thing we have in this country, and again, you can label it hate speech and dismiss it, and then you're allowed to censor it.
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The Backstreet Boys were so ten years ago. Whatever.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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I am into nature and seeing whales. I went whale-watching, and I was really looking forward to that, but when you see it on TV and you see other programs do it, you're seeing close-ups of these massive creatures, and the music that's added gives you a certain feeling.
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One believes others will do what he will do to himself.
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I have a very all-over-the-place lifestyle. The people I know who are married - 90 percent of them have houses and live in the same place and sleep in the same bed every night.
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'Shadow Souls' pushes probably every border that you can.
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There's something so quirky and fun and nerdy about the Tony Awards... We're dorks being silly up there.
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Imagine a libertarian president challenging Congress to repeal the PATRIOT Act.
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Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
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I was put on a pony as a kid at some birthday party when you're all led around.
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I feel like comedy is important, and I think political satire can be really important.
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I used to work for an SOE. The wealth I created didn't belong to me. In other words, I was only managing money for the country and the people.
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I haven't heard anything so great for a long time; Beethoven snaps his fingers at the whole world.
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They hate whom they fear.
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If you don't feel safe as a child, you can't learn.
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I'd like to be Queen Elizabeth.
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A Queen track has those big, thick, block harmonies.
