Joe Strummer Quotes
I think that the corporation is running it and will always make it appeal to the lowest common denominator. I think we're going to have to forget about the radio and just go back to word of mouth.Joe Strummer The Clash
Quotes to Explore
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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
Manuel Puig -
I've never fabricated or plagiarized anything.
Jack Kelley -
I don't think it's in any way harmful, this marriage of media and politicians. I think it enhances the communications process considerably and makes it possible for the public to be far more aware, far more up-to-date on issues and the opposite sides of the issues.
Walter Cronkite -
Israel is not the safest place in the world for Jews. Melbourne in Australia is better. Teaneck, New Jersey, is safer.
Naftali Bennett -
Russia and China completely disagree with the international order that was established after World War II, and they're trying to take it apart right before our eyes.
Jack Keane
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There is no right or wrong way of giving. People in Los Angeles have made major contributions in different ways to the city: Eli Broad to art. David Geffen to hospitals. I'm not judgmental.
Patrick Soon-Shiong -
A house is kind of scary.
Laura Dekker -
Wine is something to enjoy. We get sick and tired of people who pick it apart and talk about its 'saucy nuances.'
Pat Paulsen -
Writing 'We Are Never Getting Back Together' was one of the most hilarious experiences I have ever had in the studio because it just happened so naturally.
Taylor Swift -
In Hanover Park they highlighted the terrible plight of backyard dwellers and the fact that year after year nothing has been done to help you: the hope and despair you all live with every day.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi -
Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
P. J. O'Rourke
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I never go wild with nails.
Abbey Clancy -
The State of Israel is a state that was formed before the people were even in it. You have to understand: In India, in Burma, in Pakistan - all of the people were already there. Their problem was for the English to leave so they could be independent.
Yitzhak Navon -
Always remember: the alleviation of poverty is never a political or economic issue - it is moral.
F. Sionil Jose -
I love doing short films because they're much more intimate and there's far less waiting around than on the bigger films.
Natalia Tena -
We've got to be fair. You can't say a place that has strip joints is sacred ground. We've got to be just. We've got to speak the truth. We've got to have justice for everybody. We're a country of justice for all, not justice for non-Muslims only or some groups and not for others.
Feisal Abdul Rauf -
I don't know what more to say. I mean, we're all going to die in a world that is worse than when we entered it.
Daniel Berrigan
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You have to take criticism with a grain of salt because you're never going to please everybody.
Yolanda Adams -
I've had some pretty good arguments with people, but I've never regretted it. I've had people come up where it's all emotion and no fact. That's always sad.
Patton Oswalt -
When bosses, leaders, and powerful men and women ignore or deny the accounts of harassment victims, they reinforce the idea that harassers are playing the game as they should and that the rest of us should fall in line.
Pramila Jayapal -
I'm in California a lot; I go overseas sometimes and I meet more Hells Angels than other Angels do.
Chuck Zito -
No one whose first concern is feeling good can be a disciple. We are called to carry a cross and to glorify God.
Elisabeth Elliot -
I think that the corporation is running it and will always make it appeal to the lowest common denominator. I think we're going to have to forget about the radio and just go back to word of mouth.
Joe Strummer The Clash