John Perkins Quotes

When the National Security Agency recruited me, they put me through a day of lie detector tests. They found out all my weaknesses and immediately seduced me. They used the strongest drugs in our culture, sex, power and money, to win me over.

John Perkins

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PowerCultureMoneyDayLieWin

I would happy for someone to download my music.

Joanna Newsom

MusicHappySomeoneWouldDownload

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

CharacterMenThinkNothingMore

People in Britain see Richard Quest as a kind of an offensive cartoon character.

John Oliver

CharacterPeopleKindSeeQuest

'Mean Girls' is awesome.

Max Minghella

MeanAwesome

It's only people that aren't goths that think the Cure are a goth band.

Robert Smith

PeopleThinkBandOnlyCureGoth

That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.

Angela Merkel

GoodPoliticsCompromiseGroupWhy

For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in a way.

Simon Beaufoy

MeSmallTraditionWayBritishWho

I'll tell you from my heart, looking at their party further and further to the left, to paraphrase the director of the FBI: I think it would be extremely careless to elect Hillary Clinton.

Mike Pence

HeartLookingThinkYouPartyTell

The skill set that I think we have as actors is so cool because they train you in ways that you never thought you'd be trained. And that's skills that they can't take back. So as you go further in your career, you can dump all these skills into things.

Jason Mitchell

CoolThinkThoughtYouBackCareer

It's easy to not feel misplaced if this tidal wave of appreciation is coming your way.

Christoph Waltz

AppreciationFeelWaveEasyWay

I grew up in London. My parents and I lived in West Norwood, then we moved to Norbury, and I went to the Brit School. I'm a South London girl at heart.

Ashley Madekwe

GirlHeartSchoolParentsLondonUp

Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.

William Safire

WorkAppreciationKnowingDelight

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