Michael Moore Quotes - Page 12

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• The majority of Americans, the ones who never elected George W. Bush, are not fooled by his weapons of mass distraction.

  Michael Moore

  Majority, Weapons, Madness

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• We all need to be huge supporters of the theatrical documentary.

  Michael Moore

  Needs, Documentaries, Theatrical

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• What I'm asking for is a new economic order. I don't know how to construct that; I'm not an economist.

  Michael Moore

  Order, Asking, Economic

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• A sane person would think that Wal-Mart would never carry 'Capitalism: A Love Story' because it's simply not in their best interests to inform their customers of their shady past.

  Michael Moore

  Past, Thinking, Stories

  "Why Is Wal-Mart Selling Capitalism: A Love Story (Out Today on DVD)?" by Michael Moore, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 9, 2010.

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• It's all part of the same ball of wax, right? The oil companies, Israel, Halliburton.

  Michael Moore

  Oil, Israel, Balls

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• We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons.

  Michael Moore

  War, Men, President

  Remarks after receiving Academy Award, Los Angeles, Cal., 23 Mar. 2003

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• Capitalism is an organized system to guarantee that greed becomes the primary force of our economic system and allows the few at the top to get very wealthy and has the rest of us riding around thinking we can be that way, too - if we just work hard enough, sell enough Tupperware and Amway products, we can get a pink Cadillac.

  Michael Moore

  Hard Work, Thinking, Guarantees That

  "Is Michael Moore Pro-Piracy: Illegal Copies of “Capitalism: A Love Story” Inspiring OWS?" by Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. December 6, 2011.

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• I think that there's something in the American psyche, it's almost this kind of right or privilege, this sense of entitlement, to resolve our conflicts with violence. There's an arrogance to that concept if you think about it. To actually have to sit down and talk, to listen, to compromise, that's hard work.

  Michael Moore

  Hard Work, Thinking, Arrogance

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• I don't like to sit around whining about the corporate media, how they control everything, own everything. We already know that.

  Michael Moore

  Media, Whining, Corporate

  Interview with Andrew Collins, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2002.

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• There should be no private health insurance companies operating for profit.

  Michael Moore

  Should, Profit, Private Health Insurance

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• Here's what I don't think works: An economic system that was founded in the 16th century and another that was founded in the 19th century. I'm tired of this discussion of capitalism and socialism; we live in the 21st century, we need an economic system that has democracy as its underpinnings and an ethical code.

  Michael Moore

  Tired, Thinking, Democracy

  "DealBook’s Interview With Michael Moore". dealbook.nytimes.com. September 23, 2009.

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• Healthcare should be between the doctor and the patient. And if the doctor says something needs to be done, the government should guarantee it gets paid for.

  Michael Moore

  Doctors, Government, Needs

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• I - honestly, I don't know of a worse lie one could tell other than a lie to take a country to war. To make up things to take people to war. That's just got to be the most obscene, immoral thing to do.

  Michael Moore

  Country, War, Lying

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• Clinton was a pretty good president for a Republican.

  Michael Moore

  President, Republican, Clinton

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• I did a filmstrip on pollution in the Davison area as my Eagle Scout project and showed it around town. Businesses who were the polluters were mad at me.

  Michael Moore

  Eagles, Mad, Towns

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• I did not like 'The Hurt Locker.' It's a lazy way to make a movie, frankly. I could put you on the edge of your seat quite easily, and have you feel the tension for 2 hours, if every other scene practically is, 'Should we cut the red wire or the green wire?'

  Michael Moore

  Hurt, Cutting, Lazy

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• I don't believe that the Bush Administration had something to do with September 11th. I do believe that there were a lot of warning signals, but I don't think they were ignored on purpose - Bush just wanted to go to the ranch for a month.

  Michael Moore

  Believe, Thinking, Purpose

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• I don't even like DVDs. Honest to God, in my lifetime, I might have rented a dozen DVDs, literally gone into a video store and rented a dozen DVDs in my lifetime, because I don't like to see movies that way. I like to see them on the big screen.

  Michael Moore

  Dvds, Video, Gone

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• I had a newspaper in Flint, Michigan called the 'Flint Voice,' and so it was a, you know, underground, alternative newspaper that I edited and put out for about ten years.

  Michael Moore

  Years, Voice, Alternatives

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• I like BuzzFeed, and I understand the pressure that online reporters are under. But I think everyone agrees that, despite all the awesome kitten gifs, they're still obligated to be skeptical of government officials and ask the right questions.

  Michael Moore

  Thinking, Government, Pressure

  "My Final Word on BuzzFeed and Emad Burnat’s Detention at LAX" by Michael Moore, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 27, 2013.

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• I personally hold Blair more responsible for this war than I do George Bush. The reason is, Blair knows better, Blair is not an idiot. What is he doing hanging around this guy?

  Michael Moore

  War, Guy, Idiot

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• Clearly I am a person who suffers from a lack of ego.

  Michael Moore

  Ego, Suffering, Persons

  Interview with Andrew Collins, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2002.

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• 'Champagne' and 'breathmint' are the first two words all Oscar winners hear.

  Michael Moore

  Two, Oscars, Firsts

  Michael Moore (2011). “Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life”, p.15, Penguin UK

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• I come from the state of Michigan. We were the first English-speaking government in the world to outlaw the death penalty, back in the 1840s. We have never had, as a state, the death penalty in Michigan. I was raised with that, and even Republicans in Michigan, nobody would even think of putting a measure on the ballot to have the death penalty.

  Michael Moore

  Thinking, Government, Firsts

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• Back in the late '90s, I put together a humorous newsmagazine program called 'The Awful Truth' for Bravo. We helped one guy get an organ transplant whose insurance company had refused to pay. I thought, if we could save a guy's life in a 10-minute segment on cable, what could we do if we devoted a whole movie to a whole bunch of people?

  Michael Moore

  Humorous, People, Guy

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