Margaret Atwood Quotes

If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if they have to give up some personal freedom.

Margaret Atwood

Recitation: by Male by Female

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FreedomPeopleYouChoiceSecurity

We were raised with that discussion about violence and non-violence, and we all pretty much came up on the side of non-violence. That became my foundation with politics and my livelihood.

Joan Baez

PoliticsFoundationViolenceUpSide

Self-promotion has never been a point, and I'm incredibly inept at self-promotion.

Jeremy Davies

NeverPointBeenIneptIncredibly

In my profession, I'm around a lot of people whose bodies are their instruments in one way or another.

Anna Deavere Smith

PeopleWayWhoseProfessionAround

It's a growing trend. Viewers are our customers, but so are advertisers. And advertisers want different ways to reach our viewers.

Jeff Zucker

ReachGrowingWantTrendDifferent

Biology has progressed tremendously due to the model that Darwin put forth. But the black boxes Darwin accepted are now being opened, and our view of the world is again being shaken.

Michael Behe

WorldBlackViewBiologyNowBoxes

I think women are much more open to new ideas but approach a line more from a more personal and skeptical place - you need to seduce them into your clothes, whereas most men just like to be told what they should be wearing. Women are a bit like cats and men like dogs in that respect when it comes to clothes.

Michael Bastian

WomenRespectCatsMenIdeasThink

In essence, the stock market represents three separate categories of business.They are, adjusted for inflation, those with shrinking intrinsic value, those with approximately stable intrinsic value, and those with steadily growing intrinsic value.

Michael Burry

ValueStock MarketGrowingThree

Some people need a command-and-control environment.

John T. Chambers

PeopleEnvironmentSome PeopleNeed

We are trying to prove that the blues lives on forever and anybody in this place can sing the blues.

Ruth Brown

TryingPlaceBluesProveForever

What makes America great is that we can come together during times of national tragedy.

Dennis Hastert

GreatTogetherAmericaTragedyCome

I want to be a popular novelist who's also serious, or a serious novelist who's also very accessible.

Douglas Kennedy

SeriousWantVeryPopularAccessible

I enjoy doing complicated or peculiar people.

Christopher Lloyd

PeopleDoingEnjoyComplicated

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