Abbie Hoffman Quotes
My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.
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I want to see sunrises in the mountains. You never get to see such things enough in a lifetime. I want to see more.
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For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
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China has the best opportunities. A domestic market with 1.3bn people will help create more Fortune 500 retailers.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
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In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking.
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It's funny, I remember doing the Johnny Carson show, and, uh, I couldn't afford my rent.
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I don't have a disregard for my reader in humor pieces.
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Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet.
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I've always had a dream of owning a restaurant.
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I know it sounds ridiculous, but I haven't quite got over the miracle that you plant things, and they do sprout up.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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Probably I understand very much the people who rise against injustice.
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Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.
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I was fourteen, watching 'The Princess Bride' for the 254321th time, captivated by Wesley and Inigo dueling on the cliff-top. I had never held a sword in my life, but I phoned my mum and said, 'I want to learn to fence!'
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More money has been lost trying to imitate 'Rocky' than 'Rocky' has made.
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I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way.
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Wealth does not bring excellence, but that wealth comes from excellence.
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My job apart from anything else is to build an ensemble composed of actors who all come from a secure place so that they can all work together to make the film.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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This doesn't mean abandoning our values and ideals; wherever we can, it's in our interest to help foster democracy through the diplomatic and economic resources at our disposal.
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My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.
