Ralph Nader Quotes
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The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.
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Why does it appear that interested readers so often attribute flaws to 'the press' rather than taking particular issue with particular reports?
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
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Of course, Minneapolis, we think, 'Oh well, it's cold there, lethally cold.' But the reality is you adapt to weather... Humans are consummately adaptable creatures.
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There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself.
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Human attention is limited, and a massive number of newly browsable books from the long tail necessarily compete with the biggest best-sellers, just as cable siphons audience from the major networks, and just as the Web pulls viewers from TV.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic.
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I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.
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A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.
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No one was more important than my mom and dad. I know they are watching from a place up in heaven here today to make sure all their kids are doing good.
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Boxing is one of the few sports that is one on one.
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I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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Try to find someone with a sense of humor. That's an important thing to have because when you get into an argument, one of the best ways to diffuse it is to be funny. You don't want to hide away from a point, because some points are serious, but you'd rather have a discussion that was a discussion, rather than an argument.
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Political theatre presents an entirely different set of problems. Sermonising has to be avoided at all cost. Objectivity is essential. The characters must be allowed to breathe their own air. The author cannot confine and constrict them to satisfy his own taste or disposition or prejudice.
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I have heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.
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For me, rockabilly is very, very exciting music. It's electric and kind of wild, you know? It's 'make your hairs stand up on the back of your neck' kind of music.
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Where, where, are you tonight?Why did you leave me here all alone?I searched the world over, And thought I found true love.You met another and Pfft! you were gone.
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My joy, my grief, my hope, my love,Did all within this circle move!
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Acting was the place where I could be free and feel confident.
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When I was younger, I had big visions of changing the world.
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A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
