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Edward Snowden Quotes

Bathtub falls and police officers kill more Americans than terrorism, yet we've been asked to sacrifice our most sacred rights for fear of falling victim to it.

Edward Snowden

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: activist
Nationality: american
Birth: June 21, 1983

Topics

Fear Police Sacrifice Police Officers

Twitter, it can be said, completely changed the way activism is done, who can participate, and even how we define it.

Jenna Wortham

Said Done Way Activism Define Even

When you make movies based on real life, you try to exaggerate it.

Matthew Lawrence

Life You Movies Try Real Real Life

My mom and I never thought that I would make my way into Bollywood. I was happy doing films down south.

Sridevi

Happy Mom Thought Doing Down Way

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

Rita Mae Brown

Life Fight Slavery Action Reaction

When I'm travelling, I always take my little notebook and scribble things down as I watch them; I'm very much geared to everything that's happening. Whereas, the diary I keep is just about a record of a day I've spent. When I'm filming, I'm looking quite intensely at everything I see and trying to get my own eye on what we're going through.

Michael Palin

Day Looking Eye Trying Down My Own

I keep doing stand-up because the world needs laughter - there's always something happening in the country and in the world. That's why I wanted to become an entertainer: to help people forget about their problems for a little while.

Loni Love

Laughter People World Problems Help

Globally, manufacturing jobs are on the decline, simply because productivity growth has outpaced growth in demand.

Joseph Stiglitz

Growth Manufacturing Productivity

I would do whatever the haters said they didn't like. They'd say, 'I don't like your lipstick,' so I'd put on more.

Colleen Ballinger

Haters Lipstick Said Say More Your

The Army was my bread and butter.

Brian Lumley

Army Bread Butter

In Nashville, if people don't like someone, they say, 'I don't really like him,' then add, 'bless his heart.' In Hollywood, they kind of leave that last part off.

Brad Paisley

Heart People Someone Kind Hollywood

The governor has a role in terms of declaring a state of emergency.

Bob Buckhorn

Emergency Role State Governor Terms

Writing is pretty flexible work, don't you think? If you want to surf, you just have to get a lot done when the waves are lousy. That's what I'm always telling myself, anyway - write while the surf's down!

William Finnegan

Work Myself Writing Waves Think You