William O. Douglas Quotes
Our upside down welfare state is socialism for the rich, free enterprise for the poor.
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I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.
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It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are.
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Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it.
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I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.
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With legitimate journalists I've always had a great time - I've never gone out of my way to court the press. That's probably cost me some money, but I've always had the respect of my peers.
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All I can say is that I did admire 'The Lives of Others', which I thought was really about something and beautifully done.
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I left Jamaica for a while, because as an artist I need to experience different things, see the world, have different energies. Living in one place is not good for me.
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I think beautiful independent films are made, and I think they're as close to what theater can be because they're not loaded with all of the extra stuff. It's human, and it's more organic, but theater is very unique... It's a different connection altogether.
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The military is a machine of war. Not a law enforcement agency.
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Actors don't have real value.
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I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.
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I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the stained-glass windows of a synagogue - bring my father back to me as surely as if he were sitting next to me, my head pressed against his shoulder.
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It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
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You who speak languages, you are such liars.
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Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people who have a very specific point of view and perspective, and who feel like they're doing something very active.
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I'd love to have our trains, our subway cars and our taxis built right here in New York City. You can create 40,000 living wage jobs... the city's contracting power is huge.
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Nothing is taken lightly in 'The Hunger Games.'
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I did tennis for a while, and I was actually on the volleyball team for a minute.
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I don't think I knew that you could be a novelist. I think a lot of my students are in the same condition. I thought it was unreachable, that it was sort of dead people. It took me a long time - I think I was well into novel writing before I really thought, 'Actually, this is a valid pastime.'
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I realize that Kenya and America are very different, but experiences like this warned me that my own favorite beliefs in the miracles of free enterprise and the boundless opportunities to be had in America were largely untrue.
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Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich -- that is the democracy of capitalist society.
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I am a beggar for the poor. Serving humanity is the biggest Jihad.
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Our upside down welfare state is socialism for the rich, free enterprise for the poor.
