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Noam Chomsky Quotes

All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.

Noam Chomsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: activist
Nationality: american
Birth: December 7, 1928

Topics

Culture People Pressure Decisions

I practiced law for 10 years, and I always admired the lawyers who were not afraid to take unpopular cases. And I never had the guts to do that. I was playing it safe. I was trying to make a living. And I just never volunteered for a really tough case, and there were some of them I should've taken. And I admired the lawyers who did.

John Grisham

Law Tough Trying Lawyers Living

Nobody, not even the head coach, would do anything to the football unilaterally, such as adjust the amount of pressure in a ball, without the quarterback not knowing. It would have to be the quarterback's idea.

John Madden

Football Pressure Not Knowing Nobody

I'm John McEnroe-like. I'm coming forward every opportunity I get. My wingspan covers some ground at the net. My serve is OK. I can move it around enough. My groundstrokes are good enough to hang in a rally with a good player. But generally, my goal is to put away a point quickly.

Matt Kuchar

Good Opportunity Forward Enough Goal

People have no confidence that Washington, both sides of aisle, are coming together to try and do what's right for the economy.

Michael Bloomberg

Confidence Together People Washington

We sought out and visited all the Indians hereabouts that we could meet with, in number about twenty. They were chiefly in one place, about a mile from where we lodged.

John Woolman

Place Meet Out Where Indians Twenty

I had a book of essays out in 1997 in which I talked about the increasing virtuality of our lives. I've always been afraid of that in my own life.

Steven Heighton

Life Book My Own Always Afraid Out

I grew up in a very high-achieving family. I have a brother who's a Harvard-educated cardiothoracic surgeon. My other brother is a two-time Olympian, fifth-round draft pick for the Philadelphia Eagles, and an entrepreneur and philanthropist.

Molly Bloom

Family Brother Entrepreneur Eagles

One way we gave small businesses more money to invest was by extending tax provisions on expensing. This allows businesses to immediately write off things like equipment, without being burdened by depreciation requirements.

Dennis Hastert

Money Small Tax Way More Write

Almost always, great new ideas don't emerge from within a single person or function, but at the intersection of functions or people that have never met before.

Clayton M. Christensen

Great People Ideas Person New Never

America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.

Brent Scowcroft

Freedom Democracy America Never Seen

Having a child is not like taking a spouse; there is no mutual agreement entered into. It is up the parent to make the commitment.

Alice Dreger

Commitment Child Parent Up Agreement

But to personally satisfy my own adrenalin needs, I've been racing cars a little bit, which has been fun.

Picabo Street

Car Fun Racing My Own Little Own