Alison Goodman Quotes
History does not care about the suffering of the individual. Only the outcome of their struggles.”
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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Researchers looked at news programs on major broadcast and cable networks between 2008 and 2012 and found that of those labeled as domestic terrorists, 81% were identifiable as Muslims - this despite the fact that FBI reports from the period studied revealed that only 6% of domestic terrorist suspects were Muslim.
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There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.
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I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.
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By the time you're 30, you know who you are inside. You learn to laugh at things you can't change; you learn to be yourself.
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Looking back on those days and little leaguer, the Hall of Fame is not even a blinking star, but through baseball travels and moving up the ladder, that star begins to flicker.
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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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I love when I go to conventions, and often it'll be the younger kids who will refer to us by our character names - how can you not find that absolutely charming? I remember when I used to go to conventions when I was a kid when I would stand in long lines to get people's autograph.
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Despite what Pope Benedict would have us believe, sex without love can be fucking amazing.
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How could this great land of plenty produce too few people in the last 30 years?
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Protection is not a principle, but an expedient.
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For the most part, I don't think I'm any different than anybody else.
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I'm constantly progressing. My style is changing every day.
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To make an absolutely gross generalization, I think a lot of people feel like if you're mixed, more often than not you're quote unquote white. So if you're mixed, you embrace the mainstream culture more than the African-American culture.
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Perhaps it has been too uncomfortable for those with vested interests to acknowledge, but we have spent the best part of the past century enthusiastically testing the world to utter destruction; not looking closely enough at the long-term impact our actions will have.
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There is a strong side to me, that is of a homemaker. I look forward to spending time at home in the evenings, cooking a meal, chatting with my parents and inviting friends over.
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Being yourself is one of the hardest things because it's scary. You always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are. I decided to call my record 'Inside Out' because that's my motto about life. I don't think you ever succeed at trying to be anyone else but who you truly are.
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Swedish taxes are high, and we don't get as much as we used to for them. And our schools aren't so good.
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Sinn Fein will not do Tory austerity.
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If you're quiet, knowing that there's a culture of racism inside most police departments, and you're not saying anything, you are on the wrong side of history.
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My Dublin wasn't the Dublin of sing-songs, traditional music, sense of history and place and community.
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This freedom of movement is the very essence of our free society, setting us apart. Like the right of assembly and the right of association, it often makes all other rights meaningful-knowing, studying, arguing, exploring, conversing, observing and even thinking. Once the right to travel is curtailed, all other rights suffer, just as when curfew or home detention is placed on a person.
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History does not care about the suffering of the individual. Only the outcome of their struggles.”
