Joshua Oppenheimer Quotes

If we don't accept the uncomfortable proposition that every perpetrator of virtually every act of evil in our history has been a human being like us, then we actually foreclose the possibility of understanding how we do this to one another and therefore make it impossible to figure out how we might prevent these things.

Joshua Oppenheimer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 23, 1974

Topics

HistoryEvilImpossibleUnderstanding

I think so many doors have been opened for the gay community as far as the dangers and horrors of HIV. There is so much more out-ness now.

John Benjamin Hickey

CommunityThinkDoorsGayNowMore

Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue.

Andy Stanley

HeartMoneyFinancialGreedIssue

More has been screwed up on the battlefield and misunderstood in the Pentagon because of a lack of understanding of the English language than any other single factor.

John W. Vessey, Jr.

LanguageUnderstandingMisunderstood

In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face.

Steven Biko

TimeGiftFaceAfricaPossibleMore

I love hip hop, and I have a bunch of urban songs I write for fun that I can't put on my albums because people would laugh and point.

Sia

LoveFunPeopleLaughWritePoint

Facts are neither Republican nor Democrat.

Trey Gowdy

FactsRepublicanDemocratNor

Very often in Chekhov, where he exhibits a little bit of human behavior that you recognize as true, you give a little laugh. It's like a reflex.

Tom Stoppard

BehaviorLaughYouTrueHumanGive

Humor comes from self-confidence.

Rita Mae Brown

HumorSelf-Confidence

Creating fantasy is a very personal thing, but you can't take the process too personally.

Joseph Barbera

ProcessYouCreatingPersonalTake

I take my vacation on the combine and tractor.

Jon Tester

VacationTractorTakeCombine

Instead of starting a new nuclear arms race, now is the time to reclaim our Nation's position of leadership on nuclear nonproliferation efforts.

Dianne Feinstein

LeadershipTimeNewNowRaceNation

Unfortunately, the spouses of performers have a terrible, terrible life. They get shunted aside, pushed aside, ignored.

Dick Van Dyke

LifeGetTerribleUnfortunately

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