William Blum Quotes

Most terrorists are people deeply concerned by what they see as social, political, or religious injustice and hypocrisy, and the immediate grounds for their terrorism is often retaliation for an action of the United States.

William Blum

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 6, 1933

Topics

PeopleActionPoliticalInjustice

Most people are looking for a challenging, interesting job. I wanted a boring, undemanding job so that I could forget about it at 5, so that I would have something left over at the end of the day to do my own stuff.

Jerry Spinelli

DayJobPeopleLookingEndForget

I don't think I know enough about acting to direct. You need to be a slight megalomaniac, not where you want to take over the world, but where you want to make every single decision and the buck stops with you. It's an awful lot of stress.

Matthew Goode

DecisionStressWorldThinkActing

Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty.

Simone Weil

PowerEvilDutyNecessityEvenFelt

Don't break me up - I wouldn't offend any person, be they black, Asian or whatever.

Mickey Rooney

MeBlackPersonWhateverAsianUp

I've dated all kinds of guys and didn't know who I'd end up with. But I kind of assumed it would be someone more like my dad than not.

Miranda Lambert

EndSomeoneKnowKindMoreUp

When I was in school, I liked math because all the problems had answers. Everything else seemed very subjective.

Lisa Randall

SchoolProblemsAnswersEverything

Unfortunately, I have two facets to my makeup, and that is both scientific and artistic. By doing medicine, I was only answering one of those sides.

Jonathan LaPaglia

MakeupMedicineDoingSidesTwo

Seattle is a liberal city, its politics not so much blue (in the American, not the British, sense) as deep ultramarine, and its manners are studiously polite.

Jonathan Raban

PoliticsBlueCityDeepAmerican

My foundation is jazz. I do all the things jazz musicians do.

Dianne Reeves

FoundationMusiciansJazzThings

It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

Denis Diderot

NatureHuman NatureHumanShould

Sadly, I haven't been able to find my earliest stories, but the impact of being told by someone important to me that I could do something special is immeasurable.

Doreen Cronin

MeImpactSomeoneFindImportant

Freelancers are 'free' because they take risks - they don't like being told what to do. That's both exciting and daunting, because you have to police you.

Chris Hardwick

PoliceRisksFreeYouTakeBeing

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