Naomi Klein Quotes
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The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition.
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The government forces you to give your money to things you don't believe in, to have your money go to projects that might be inherently immoral.
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I believe we are created in the image of God for a particular purpose, and I believe that with all my heart.
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I believe that Clinton is the most wicked and vile President that this nation has ever had.
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I strongly believe in political activity that has to do with choices - and not consensus that sometimes covers problems and doesn't resolve them.
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I believe that no matter what you do in life, if you learn the basics through theater, it will help you in everything else - problem solving, communication, discipline, all of that stuff.
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I need a spiritual connection - I can make changes, but I can't make miracles - and I need people around me who'll support me and believe in me and tell me the truth and not let me deceive myself into avoiding the what's scary and hard and necessary.
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The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.
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If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.
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I believe it is impossible to be sure of anything.
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I've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin romance!
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My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they believe a regime's strength rests not its suppression of a plurality of opinions and ideas, but in its capacity and willingness to encourage them.
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I don't believe you can get into somebody's character but more that somebody comes in you. You just use yourself. In everything I play, I feel like it is me. I just say different things on different times and look different.
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I believe that we are going to have a much deeper appreciation of what kinds of abnormalities in cancer cells and in the surrounding cells that feed and respond to cancers are vulnerabilities that will allow us to make better predictions of which kinds of drugs will work to treat these cancers.
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When you come through a business education, a lot of what they teach you is to make decisions through analysis, and logic and rationale, and I'm a big believer in that. But I also believe in the power of instinct. The truth is you're never going to have a perfect answer or view of how it is going to work.
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My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do it.
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I think The Doors are one of the classic groups, and I think we're all tempted to feel like the time in which we grew up was somehow special, but I really do believe that there were two golden eras in music: The Forties and Fifties of big band, jazz and swing, and the Sixties and Seventies of rock. To me, they're really unparalleled.
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I write for children because I am interested in fantasy and the possibilities for experience of all kinds before the time of compromise. I believe that children are far more perceptive and wise than American books give them credit for being.
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My friends hated going out with me because people think they can grab you and talk to you how they want. At the end of the day, you're still a human being, and I don't like being treated that way - I prefer to live a quiet life.
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The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests.
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As I've gotten older, my love for jazz has increased.
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I think it's incredibly important to vote because politics is for the people, and we shouldn't leave it just to the parties because then we're in some kind of helpless society where you have no say in anything and in things that are going to affect you. Government was formed to represent the people, but if you don't vote, then you're not being represented.
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Even though I believe in mass social movements, I'm uncomfortable in crowds.
