Alexander Cockburn Quotes

By 1967, J. Edgar Hoover had concluded that the Black Panther Party had replaced the Communist Party as the gravest threat to national security.

Alexander Cockburn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 6, 1941 - July 21, 2012

Topics

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'West To A Land Of Plenty' shows a family heading west, first on board a train, and then going into areas as yet untamed by rail by way of an ox-drawn wagon.

Jim Murphy

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This is a day we have managed to avoid for a quarter of a century.

John Glenn

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There are so many of us that just do things to pay bills, but I never wanted that to be me.

Mehcad Brooks

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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

Truman Capote

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When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family?

Robin Williams

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I said, 'Ooh, Dad, I want the yellow ones.' He said, 'Where?' I said, 'Right there, Dad. I want the yellow ones.' Everybody goes, 'Those are green'. That's how I knew I was colorblind.

Michael Rosenbaum

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I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story.

Donnie Yen

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If anything needs to get fixed in society, it's people's consumption of other people's problems.

Corey Feldman

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Nobody cares if you're black, white, straight, gay, Christian, Jewish, whatever it may be. When you step on that field, you're a member, in my case, the 49ers. That's your job, your occupation.

Colin Kaepernick

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I love being the center of attention. I'm shameless about it.

Brendon Urie

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When you are captain, you are never speaking for yourself.

Brian O'Driscoll

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I know that people will remember me as Miss Universe because it was my first great achievement, but I still have my whole career ahead of me.

Alicia Machado

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