Steve Earle Quotes
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I feel comfortable at 154 lbs.
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For me, Westernization is not about consuming fanciful goods; it's about a system of free speech, democracy, egalitarianism and respect for the people's rights and dignity.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.
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I definitely feel more comfortable in my own skin since turning 40.
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Democracy is the road to socialism.
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I have always been very comfortable in little clothing; its part of my job.
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You know, I'm a curvy woman and I just want to be comfortable with that.
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All we want is to carry out the greatest expression of a free democracy and vote on Catalonia's future. This is not about independence: it is about fundamental civil rights and the universal right of self-determination.
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The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied.
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Arab society features apartheid of women, apartheid of homosexuals, and apartheid of Christians, Jews, and democracy.
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I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that.
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You know, I wish the world well. I want Iraq to have democracy and the Haitians to have democracy. I want the people of Afghanistan to thrive. Lord knows, we spend enough money there to help them. What about people at home? Isn't that our first responsibility?
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Democracy, despite its limitations, is in the end the only way to ensure that policies do not simply benefit the privileged few.
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The rights of democracy are not reserved for a select group within society, they are the rights of all the people.
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Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.
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The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn't because of some goodness intrinsic to democracy, but because its hopeless inefficiency helps blunt the basic potential for evil.
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Fifty years of isolating Cuba had failed to promote democracy, setting us back in Latin America. That's why we restored diplomatic relations, opened the door to travel and commerce, and positioned ourselves to improve the lives of the Cuban people.
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Everyone knows that the Zionist regime is a tool in the hands of the United States and British governments.
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The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop, The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.
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The country is too often assumed to be a backward place: The First World has trouble remembering that Haitians were two centuries ahead of us in abolishing slavery and in extending full rights of citizenship to everyone, regardless of race.
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Having one's image, and effectively, life, democratized, dehumanizes and sometimes objectifies it into an entertainment product. What sort of valuation of the ego would one have once you've let it been preyed upon by the public for years and years? Perhaps, it becomes truly just skin and bones.
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You know, I'm not comfortable with people whose politics are static in a democracy.
