Naomi Klein Quotes
After the Pearl Harbor attacks, around 120,000 Japanese Americans were jailed in internment camps. If an attack on U.S. soil were perpetrated by people who were not white and Christian, we can be pretty damn sure that racists would have a field day.
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
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My philosophy is this: Do not tamper with the anatomy of a woman's body; do not camouflage it.
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It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.
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Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.
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My dad is a Chatty Cathy, the social butterfly; friendly; knows everybody in the whole world by six degrees; tells me that every performance is the greatest he's ever seen, every new outfit is the coolest. Constant cheerleader.
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For many children, the library represents their only access to books, reading, and the Internet outside of their home. If you think about how far behind a child would be without access to these fundamental tools - tools that are vital to successful employment later in life - it's a travesty.
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I used to sail a lot in all kinds of weather, competing on small sailboats in the ocean. And I travel a lot in Iceland on horses every summer, through the wild areas where there's no inhabitants and there are volcanoes.
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Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.
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George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's.
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Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.
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The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.
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I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
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I was always very strong in math, physics and calculus.
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My first Vine I really just posted out of spontaneity.
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I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.
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I find people to be people everywhere. Everyone wants the same thing - be successful.
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After the Pearl Harbor attacks, around 120,000 Japanese Americans were jailed in internment camps. If an attack on U.S. soil were perpetrated by people who were not white and Christian, we can be pretty damn sure that racists would have a field day.
