Vandana Shiva Quotes
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I think of Twitter as the place where I go to have a great conversation when I can't have one locally, which seems to be all the time, and the more time that I spend on Twitter, the more I sort of curate this incredible group of very intelligent people that I just get to know purely through the quality of their thoughts.
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America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.
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If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them.
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Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
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It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.
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I loved politics and, I confess, I enjoyed politicians immensely.
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Madonna and I are very different. Just saying. We're very different. I wouldn't make that comparison at all, and I don't mean to disrespect Madonna: she's a nice lady, and she's had a fantastic, huge career - biggest pop star of all time.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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I'm still a huge Yankees fan. Growing up, Jeter was my guy, but Bernie Williams was my favorite player.
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I guess because people are more aware of who I am, they're going to wonder about my personal life.
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'MMMBop' took about a year to actually get completed. The chorus idea had really been around for a long time, and then we built the song around it.
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If you don't show care and love for your children and leave the mothers to take care of all their needs, if they grow up, they will also not consider you.
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I think, in general, independents don't have a lot of access to really good scriptwriters or actors or actresses, so they're very limited in what they can do.
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Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.
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I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
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I had a very normal childhood, and my mother cooked very normal food.
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I'm not going to do a song that's really sad and thoughtful. Although I've done ballads like 'Dear Darlin',' I want to make them dance and be happy.
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If I have committed any culinary atrocities, please forgive me.
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Congress has a responsibility to make sure our taxpayer dollars are being spent responsibly and effectively, and at the same time, that our men and women in uniform have everything they need to carry out the War on Terror.
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As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow simple instructions. This is no longer the case. Children who don't read are, in the main, destined for lesser lives. I feel a deep sense of responsibility to change this.
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I wasn't a guy who looked to score first. It was to get your teammates involved, to understand time and clock management and having fun with your teammates.
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In boxing you never know who you're going to face in ring.
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Patriarchy is based on appropriating rights and leaving responsibility to others.
