Michael Parenti Quotes

Julius Caesar was an aristocrat who sided with the Roman people. He's not my hero, but he was one of a long line of what we'll call 'populares,' which were popular leaders who tried to institute these reforms that the people were fighting for.

Michael Parenti

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I would suggest that if you get in your kitchen and cook for yourself, you can eat like kings for a very low cost.

Joel Salatin

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Black people, we built America, and we gave it all of its pop culture and all of its great musical genres.

Robert Glasper

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Who have I been starstruck by in real life? One of the weirdest ones was, when we were making 'Cry-Baby,' David Nelson from 'The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet.' I couldn't believe he was sitting in my living room. Certainly Patricia Hearst. Tab Hunter. A lot of the stars I've worked with, when I first got them.

John Waters

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While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection.

Amartya Sen

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All presidents swear an oath to the Constitution to keep this country united, and when the country fell apart, Lincoln had to put it back together again, with a lot of help. But he bore total responsibility.

Steven Spielberg

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There are a lot of things that make up a performance, a lot of technical things. It isn't always just about pulling it up from the darkest recesses of your mind or your heart. It's your experience and your observation.

Robert Carlyle

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Life is a re-discovery.

Brian Blessed

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No one knows how to write a novel until it's been written.

Alice Hoffman

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Your happiness is at the intersection of your passions and learning from great people.

Scott Weiss

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Structure is one of the things that I always hope will reveal itself to me.

Richard Russo

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In a sense, terrorism blossomed in the advent of television. Television promotes terrorism in religion and in politics.

Marilyn Manson

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A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

Muhammad Ali

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