Rebecca MacKinnon Quotes

When Google went into China, there were some people who said they shouldn't compromise at all - that it is very bad for human rights to do so. But there were other people, particularly Chinese people, who said they were glad Google had gone in.

Rebecca MacKinnon

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PeopleCompromiseBadSaidGoogle

In point of fact, 'Simpson-Bowles' has become a symbol, or SimBowl, rather than an actual plan, political shorthand for the process of long-term deficit reduction.

Joe Klein

ProcessPoliticalPlanBecomePoint

Social Security is not broke, and Social Security does not need to be privatized.

John Delaney

SecurityNeedSocial SecuritySocial

America's always had a real passion for lunatic movements. That's one of the things we're probably known for around the world, I would imagine.

Matt Taibbi

PassionWorldAmericaRealAlways

I knew I was shot. Didn't know how bad it was. You know, in a weird way, your body kind of goes numb. You know, as bad as the wounds were - and obviously, I know now how severe it was - at the time, I guess my body had been shutting down a lot of the real pain.

Steve Scalise

TimePainWeirdYouBodyBad

It is not the Head but the Heart that is the Seat of Atheism.

Mary Astell

HeartHeadSeatAtheism

I like talking about my music.

Julia Holter

MusicTalkingLikeAbout

I'm not as big a soccer fan as people might imagine, being British.

Jason Statham

PeopleSoccerImagineBigBritish

The only time it got really crazy was during 'Batman.' Anywhere I went in the world, people knew who I was. I was being offered these huge films that would have taken my career to a different level, and I decided to put on the brakes. I knew if I continued on that track, I probably wouldn't have gotten married.

Chris O'Donnell

TimePeopleCrazyWorldCareer

Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense.

Arthur Hays Sulzberger

TimeNegativeGenerationWaste Time

I've never had the passion of wanting to be the next Monica or Beyonce or anything like that.

Ashleigh Murray

PassionNeverNextAnythingWanting

What is it they want from the man that they didn't get from the work? What do they expect? What is there left when he's done with his work, what's any artist but the dregs of his work, the human shambles that follows it around?

William Gaddis

WorkManArtistDoneWantHuman

I really don't have that many run-ins. People by and large are very nice to me.

Peggy Lee

PeopleMeNiceLargeManyVery

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