Rebecca MacKinnon Quotes

The better-informed we are, the more we can do to make sure what's happening is in our interests and is accountable to us.

Rebecca MacKinnon

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Being in a rock n' roll and pop world, it's very easy to act like a kid.

Joey McIntyre

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The principle of asceticism never was, nor ever can be, consistently pursued by any living creature. Let but one tenth part of the inhabitants of the earth pursue it consistently, and in a day's time they will have turned it into a Hell.

Jeremy Bentham

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When former Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrote his recent book, 'Duty', it was full of tough assessments and candor.

John Dickerson

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I don't know if I'm embarrassed because I think it's a funny show, but I could imagine there being a snootiness about it, but I do find 'The Big Bang Theory' very funny. I think that's a good show. I think it's fun, I like the actors; I think they're all doing a great job.

Stephen Merchant

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Israel's decision on whether to strike or not is dictated not from the atmosphere and not from American or European promises but is based on the Iranian project. And I don't think the Iranians would agree to anything that would satisfy Israel.

Ronen Bergman

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Somehow, people act like I have no competition, but the thing is, the competition is so good that it forces me to be better than I even thought was possible.

Ronda Rousey

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I very much like writing about homosexual relations. I don't quite know why. Perhaps it's because I feel there's still so much to be said about them.

Ruth Rendell

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I never understood bands who were only influenced by a narrow era of, say, five years of music.

Matt Bellamy

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When I joined Google, it was a 1,500-person company, which I thought was huge, since I don't think of myself as a corporate person.

Mary Lou Jepsen

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So, when you divide the world into music lovers, music fans and then those people who are just very casual about their music, it's wallpaper to them, it's elevator music, it's just the thing that's playing in the background that helps them through their day.

Michael Stipe

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Having plastic surgery is pathetic. You don't look any younger; you look well for a bit until it starts going again, but it takes all the character out.

Judy Parfitt

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I went to college for communications, so I came out and said I wanted to work for the greatest communications company, and I ended up at HBO - and I couldn't have been happier. And now, as an actress, I wound up back at HBO - and they truly are the best.

Jazmyn Simon

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