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Elmer Davis Quotes

Freedom of ideas and communications is one of the things we are fighting for, and our enemies are fighting against.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: January 13, 1890 - May 18, 1958

Topics

Freedom Ideas Fighting Enemies Our

Because I don't think it's very healthy to hold people to idealized views. I think that's a certain stage in life, something kids do. You have to go through that idealistic phase with your parents, but at a certain point, you need to see people as just people.

Life Parents People Think You Go

The 'Occupy' movement seems to have found a central theme to its 2012 movement around overturning 'the corporation as a person,' and some legislators are supporting that concept.

Person Movement Theme Seems Found

I ended up having an epiphany that no body of work I put out will ever mean as much to me as '3:33 AM.'

Work Me Body Will Mean Out

I'd never painted anything before. I was quite content to take other people's work since I didn't care anyway about the subject matter. I approached subject matter as a scoundrel. I had nothing to say about it whatsoever. I only wanted to make these exciting paintings.

Work People Care Say Nothing Matter

It makes me believe in fate. In most cases, the readings where I've been really bad have usually been the ones where I got the part.

Me Believe Fate Bad Where Been

Mediators do not choose the conflicts they became involved in, but the parties to the conflict choose the mediator. Their participation as intermediaries is based on the trust of all the conflicting parties.

Martti Ahtisaari

Trust Conflict Choose Participation

It's cool to play a sinister bad guy who also has a human side.

Cool Bad Play Human Bad Guy Side

The symphonies are the things that, as a soloist, I've not gotten to play. I used to travel the world playing concertos, and then I would sit and listen to the symphony.

Travel World Play Listen Playing

I don't like to eat when I watch films because it distracts me. Anything crunchy or in a wrapper is terrible.

Joshua Oppenheimer

Me Eat Anything Watch Terrible Like

My sister plays piano, and my brother used to be on the drums. My dad sings; he's got a good voice.

Good Brother Sister Voice Piano Got

Every day there's a lot of things I block out, because if I start visualising things, I tend to go completely insane. I've always had anxiety issues, and it can totally overwhelm me and suck me under if I'm not keeping focused. I just think and think until I have a panic attack, and then it dies down.

Day Me Start Think Anxiety Down

I do not believe any of the statistical claims that are made about public opinion. I don't see why anybody does.

Christopher Hitchens

Opinion Believe Why See Made Public

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