Ethan Zuckerman Quotes
You can make the case that slacktivism is important because it makes people feel affiliated to a movement and be part of it, and talk about it.
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What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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Women are put in a position of feeling embarrassed about their bodies. It's so ridiculous, but also astounding - we have to always be apologetic about having created the human race.
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
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He'll call that trickle-down. I call it Niagara Falls.
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.
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I don't think anyone who has been to Africa comes away untouched by the place. You see a lot of beauty and optimism, but you also come away with an awareness of the huge gulf between what most of us have and what most of them have to make do with. Then, every now and then, a famine or a war makes everything a hundred times worse.
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My dad was a firefighter for almost 30 years. My mom worked her way up from a secretary to vice president of her own company. They taught me to work hard for everything and take nothing for granted. That's how I play.
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I've tried to quit writing several times, but I enjoy it too much.
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I call for a march from exploitation to education, from poverty to shared prosperity, a march from slavery to liberty, and a march from violence to peace.
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I had a really hard time when I was 16, 17, 18. I started with the eating disorder in high school.
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Democracy arose from men’s thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely in all respects.
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I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.
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New Zealand has incredible global recognition for grass-fed livestock.
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Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.
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The martyrdom of Lalaji has shaken the Congressmen. Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru is planning something solid to be presented for adoption in the coming session of the Congress, but I am not sure if he would be able to do something.
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[Washington, DC] feels like you're watching performance art. A lot of the time. I don't believe them, I don't believe what they say, I don't think they're being absolutely sincere. I think it's performance art. And most of them are bad actors.
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Beginning with the No Child Left Behind law and continuing today with Race to the Top, the federal emphasis on standardized assessments has become so excessive that it has modified state and district behavior in troubling ways.
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I picked up the phone and called Herbert Hainer, the CEO of Adidas, and said, 'Well, it's Peace Day coming up. I think it's about time after 60 years to end this feud. How about doing something together?'
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Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.
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A CEO of a multinational global company can't say what to do; you've got to plant the flag.
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You can make the case that slacktivism is important because it makes people feel affiliated to a movement and be part of it, and talk about it.
