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Phil Ochs Quotes

And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara.

Phil Ochs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: December 19, 1940 - April 9, 1976

Topics

Hope Revolution America Become Lies

I don't really get things very... intuitively. I mean, I don't immediately understand things. The only way I really get it is by writing it down.

Joan Didion

Writing Down Understand Way Mean

Goals must never be from your ego, but problems that cry for a solution.

Robert H. Schuller

Goals Ego Problems Solution Cry

All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child.

Anna Quindlen

Child Parents People Gay Own May

Back in high school, I went on dates, but I was too focused on my career. My parents were like, 'It's nice to have a boyfriend, but it's even nicer to own your house when you're 21.'

Amber Riley

Dating School Parents High School

There is a strong ethical dimension to the best comedy. Not only does it avoid reinforcing prejudices, it actively challenges them.

Steve Coogan

Best Challenges Strong Comedy Avoid

If I watch a basketball game, I don't really care if a guy hit a three-pointer with three seconds left. I mean, I can like that. But I'm more interested in who drafted him and what makes him special.

Stephen Malkmus

Basketball Game Care I Can Three

The fantastic thing about the memorial to the Newfoundland Regiment at Beaumont-Hamel is that it's one of the rare examples where they've preserved a battlefield more or less as it was. You can see all the trenches, where the British were, where the Germans lined up.

Michael Winter

You More See Up Rare British

I used to smoke two packs a day and I just hate being a nonsmoker... but I will never consider myself a nonsmoker because I always find smokers the most interesting people at the table.

Michelle Pfeiffer

Myself Hate Day People Interesting

Acting in anger and hatred throughout my life, I frequently precipitated what I feared most, the loss of friendships and the need to rely upon the very people I'd abused.

Luke Ford

Life Anger People My Life Loss Need

I'd moved to New York to pursue a career in theatre, and it's very practical how you do it - I just went to every open call going.

Jonathan Groff

New York Theatre You Career New

Anything I do with Team Sleep, I'd do with Deftones as well.

Chino Moreno

Sleep Team Anything Well

Kevin Costner has feathers in his hair and feathers in his head. The Indians should have called him 'Plays with Camera.'

Pauline Kael

Hair Camera Feathers Him Head His