Heather Brooke Quotes

There's a temptation not to vote at all as a protest, but it's definitely not a protest. In fact, all it does is keep the people in power in power, and I don't think they should be.

Heather Brooke

• People
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• It's always an honor to represent your country.

  

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• We have to change the kind of free trade deals we sign. We would have to change the absolutely central role of frenetic consumption in our culture. We would have to change the role of money in politics and our political system.

  

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• I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.

  

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• People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?

  

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• I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well.

  

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• I watch a lot of sport on television. I only watch certain sports, and I only watch them live - I don't think I've ever been able to watch a replay of a match or game of which the result was already decided. I feel bound to cheat and look up what can be looked up.

  

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• Being a Christian means accepting Christ as your savior, your God. That's why you are called a 'Christian.' If you remove Christ, there's only 'ian' and that means 'I am nothing.'

  

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• There's a temptation not to vote at all as a protest, but it's definitely not a protest. In fact, all it does is keep the people in power in power, and I don't think they should be.

  

  Heather Brooke
  • People
  • Power
  • Temptation