Bernadine Dohrn Quotes

You can't win for losing. Either you fulfill their stereotype of being a radical 60's person or you've sold out. In fact, of course, millions of people who were active in the 60's are doing work on issues that try to reflect their values.

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• The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.

  

  Imelda Marcos
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  • World
  • Today

• You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Day
  • Singing
  • Cold

• Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
  • Life
  • Up
  • God

• I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.

  

  Nas
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• I never been a hater of these other cats, who never really had nothing, being successful. That's not my problem.

  

  Raekwon
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• Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
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• I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.

  

  Oscar Isaac
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• I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.

  

  Randall Munroe
  • Life
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  • Want

• Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues - including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
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• I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.

  

  Kate Bosworth
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  • Deal
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• I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
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• Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.

  

  Tatyana Ali
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• The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.

  

  Abbas Kiarostami
  • Free
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• Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.

  

  Zendaya
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• Nothing is inevitable until it happens.

  

  A. J. P. Taylor
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• As a little kid, I watched hip hop get created. So it's an honour for me to represent the Bronx, the motherland of hip hop.

  

  Fat Joe
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• Prince Charles is very relaxed at the table, throwing his salad around willy-nilly. I didn't find him stiff at all.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
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• I love 'Glee.'

  

  Cameron Mackintosh
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• Choose to focus your time, energy and conversation around people who inspire you, support you and help you to grow you into your happiest, strongest, wisest self.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
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• Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government.

  

  Wendell Phillips
  • Business
  • Today
  • Fear

• In my photography, I always lean towards the underprivileged because that's where I came from. When I went to the wars, I attempted to go and stand by those who were being trodden on. By that, I mean people like the Palestinians. When I go to India, I see really the poorest people, and I tend to be drawn to them.

  

  Don McCullin
  • People
  • Photography

• I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.

  

  Larry Bird
  • World
  • American
  • Mean

• I think most people who have dealt with me think I'm a pretty straight sort of guy, and I am.

  

  Tony Blair
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• You can't win for losing. Either you fulfill their stereotype of being a radical 60's person or you've sold out. In fact, of course, millions of people who were active in the 60's are doing work on issues that try to reflect their values.

  

  Bernadine Dohrn
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