Rebecca MacKinnon Quotes

It takes a strong stomach and a thick skin to be a female activist fighting online censorship in Pakistan.

Rebecca MacKinnon

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I love TV now, and 'Modern Family,' but what draws me back to theater is that initial instinct of wanting to be a theater actor. I love the challenge of starting a play and not stopping until you finish. I love the immediacy of trusting your instincts.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

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I'm still a hard-edged reporter, but I'm an optimist. I'm a perpetual optimist.

Joel Benenson

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There is still a future with music, because people want music.

Maynard James Keenan

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I learned at an early age how to traverse the white world, the white-dominant world. I learned, and I was successful at it. I learned the nuances - I learned how to act, how to be - but I always was conscious and aware of my blackness.

Ron Stallworth

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I don't skip meals, because I get blood sugary.

Cornelia Parker

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They've got this crazy actor who's 82 years old up there in a suit. I was a mayor, and they're probably thinking I know how to give a speech, but even when I was mayor I never gave speeches. I gave talks.

Clint Eastwood

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Art is everywhere, and everywhere is art.

Brandon Boyd

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The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe the axiom of choice could fail, and that we should look into contrary assumptions.

Alonzo Church

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I go where the sound of thunder is.

Alfred M. Gray

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There are many bad things in this world of ours, but the use of the word 'monetize' has to rank high among them. Also, 'incentivize.' Actually, all the '-ize' words, like 'contextualize' and 'utilize' and 'prioritize.' And - this is almost too horrible to type - 'juniorize.'

Susan Orlean

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I don't play the tuba.

Lenny Kravitz

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If you're a Conservative, why aren't you behind conserving the land?

Ken Kesey

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