Madalyn Murray O'Hair Quotes
I'd been a psychiatric social worker for 17 years, but within 24 hours after I started the case against studying reading Bible in school by my son, I was fired from my job as a supervisor in the city public welfare department. And I was unable to find another one. So my income was completely cut off.
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I am very proud of the role I played in getting legal equality for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and in helping get rid of the prejudice by being visible about it, helping to block the conviction of Bill Clinton of impeachment.
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With my son, I tried not to be so judgmental and tried not to push him so hard. I didn't want him to feel that everything or that our love for him will be based on how much he has achieved.
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Being evil is easy.
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Chicken and horse meat are the best foods for weightlifters, and good food is important.
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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
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I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
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Randomness I love. And I still love just a holler right in the middle of an ongoing narrative. Pain or joy, ecstasy.
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If Youku had adopted YouTube's business model, we just would not be here. We would not exist.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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I learned that kids in show business are so different from regular, average students. They would gather behind you and help you to succeed in any way possible.
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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on educating and supporting teachers or developing curricula but no resources are applied to 'improving the brain' that a student brings to the classroom.
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You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.
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Madeleine Albright introduced herself to me. I talked to Henry Kissinger and Barbara Walters. And I asked Peter Jennings to write a note of encouragement to my son, Logan, a news anchor at the ABC affiliate in Palm Springs.
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There are certain things that are too painful for people to even write about sometimes, and there are certain things that are too hard to read about again.
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I'm a very strong person, and I think that's why, actually, I find it really infuriating when I read, 'She had a nervous breakdown' or 'She's not very mentally stable, just a weak, frail little creature.'
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There is no heaven on Earth. Not now anyway.
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Wives are around a lot longer than your sporting years.
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Teams that have lost a lot of games are dangerous teams and we knew that coming in. We just have no excuses. They outplayed us tonight.
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London.
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I'd been a psychiatric social worker for 17 years, but within 24 hours after I started the case against studying reading Bible in school by my son, I was fired from my job as a supervisor in the city public welfare department. And I was unable to find another one. So my income was completely cut off.
