Noam Chomsky Quotes

There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of the Geneva Convention are subject to the death penalty. And that doesn't mean the soldier that committed them - that means the commanders.

Noam Chomsky

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It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not.

Jeremy Taylor

KnowledgeIgnorancePeopleImpossible

While I was growing up in Flushing, Queens, we socialized exclusively with other Chinese immigrants. I was forbidden to make contact with nonapproved, non-Chinese peers outside school. That was fine with me.

Jenny Zhang

SchoolMeGrowing UpImmigrantsUp

I had a father who was active, present. There are people out there that never knew their fathers, didn't have their father's support. If I were to complain, that would be real sad. How dare I?

John David Washington

FatherSadSupportPeoplePresent

People who know me know that I'm not going to open my mouth and say something if I don't mean it. I'm very short and sweet. I'm old-school when it comes to it: I say what I mean and mean what I say, and then get off of it. It's simple as that.

Andre Ward

SimplePeopleMeSweetShortMouth

Isn't it odd that you have to keep proving you're alive?

Robert Preston

YouAliveKeepProvingOdd

I have a Facebook page and a website. Beyond that, I'm actually a very private person. I'd rather see the focus on the books than on me.

Anita Shreve

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Imagine if you put many, many years of your life into something and were passionate about it, and you spent every waking moment putting love into it and trying to make it better, and people didn't understand that. You'd want them to.

Travis Kalanick

LifeLoveMomentPeopleBetterYou

I don't do anything artificial. I don't do Botox or surgery.

Tony Goldwyn

AnythingSurgeryBotoxArtificial

Those that clamor loudest for Columbus to be erased from the pages of American history do so far more because of their hatred for America than their love of the Indians.

Tom Tancredo

LoveHistoryAmericanAmericaHatred

They always want me to play myself and that's a big snooze.

Michael Stipe

MyselfMePlayWantAlwaysBig

I've always tried to be conscious of how I represent women in my work. They don't have to be good or strong women, but they have to be complex.

Molly Parker

WorkGoodWomenStrongStrong Women

I only cast the actors and actresses I fall in love with - truly having an emotion for them, an anticipation and enthusiasm when seeing them - and I believe that my emotional confidence in them blends into chemistry. It's always been like that, and I hope I won't be wrong in the future.

Luca Guadagnino

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