Controversial Quotes - Page 12

• When a picture can't make it on its own, the producers pull in a 'controversial' message - the way a couple whose marriage is falling apart decide to have a baby.

  Pauline Kael

  Movie, Baby, Couple

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• Public health regulations are often controversial at the time but who would want to go back to the days of sitting in smoke-filled restaurants or cars without seatbelts?

  Sarah Wollaston

  Car, Sitting, Want

  "Big tobacco has got its way - now let's find what big alcohol is up to" by Sarah Wollaston, www.theguardian.com. July 15, 2013.

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• I like an interesting movie even if it's controversial or offensive, depending on your taste.

  Adam Brody

  Interesting, Taste, Offensive

  Interview with Zorianna Kit, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 21, 2009.

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• If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it.

  Criss Jami

  Hate, People, Aim

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.104, Criss Jami

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• The proposal that men and women should be treated equally under the law is hardly a controversial concept.

  Carolyn Maloney

  Men, Law, Proposal

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• I would just like my children to be able to eat fish when they grow up. Now, I don't think there's anything controversial about that.

  James Murdoch

  Children, Growing Up, Thinking

  "This much I know". Interview with Lucy Siegle, www.theguardian.com. June 6, 2009.

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• I try not to get political, I don't want to get religious, I don't want to get controversial, I just want to have a show that relates to everybody.

  Gabriel Iglesias

  Religious, Political, Trying

  "'The Fluffy Movie' Interview with Comedian Gabriel Iglesias". Interview with Nick Allen, thescorecardreview.com. July 25, 2014.

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• I was very willing to take on controversial roles that people didn't really want to look at.

  Rosie Perez

  People, Roles, Looks

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• How do I do that preparation [for film]? Just an immersion. I have a musician's, I guess, ear for the sound of the voice but it's also important to me, in the case of [playing] someone who is controversial, to get the outlines of the character right because how they present themselves to the world has a great deal to do with how people feel about them.

  Meryl Streep

  Character, Voice, People

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• I'm not really volunteering for no family films. I really like the sweet spot of being able to be edgy and controversial.

  Romany Malco

  Sweet, Volunteer, Able

  "Romany Malco Talks THINK LIKE A MAN, A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN, UNSUPERVISED, and His YouTube Series". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 19, 2012.

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• Judge Roberts' civil rights record and views remained the most controversial and unexplained part of his record when the Judiciary Committee hearing concluded, just as his civil rights record and views had been the most controversial part of his record when the hearing began.

  Mel Watt

  Rights, Views, Civilization

  "Reid Announces Opposition to Roberts" by Brian Wilson, www.foxnews.com. September 21, 2005.

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• My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on.

  John F. Kennedy

  Government

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• Overconsumption is the mother of all environmental problems. For the first time in the history of capitalism, consumption itself has become controversial.

  Kalle Lasn

  Mother, Environmental, Firsts

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• On popular issues like poverty and slavery, where Christians are likely to be applauded for our social action, we are quick to stand up and speak out. Yet on controversial issues like homosexuality and abortion, where Christians are likely to be criticized for our involvement, we are content to sit down and stay quiet.

  David Platt

  Christian, Issues, Speaks Out

  David Platt (2015). “Counter Culture: Following Christ in an Anti-Christian Age”, p.13, Tyndale House

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• I have a controversial opinion about evil, because I don't believe evil exists. I believe that actions are dark and destructive but I don't believe evil is a thing. I believe it's a by-product of man's fear and desperation.

  Victor Salva

  Believe, Dark, Men

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• To be honest, after all the crap that happened with 'Summer Heights High,' I was like, 'I'm not going to write anything controversial or edgy ever again; I just can't handle the blame.'

  Chris Lilley

  Summer, Writing, Height

  "Controversial Lilley says it’s all about the story" by David Knox, tvtonight.com.au. April 3, 2011.

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• The American psychologist Julian Jaynes, in a controversial study on the origin of consciousness, argued that the bicameral mind - in which one of the hemispheres becomes specialized in silent reading - is a late development in humankind's evolution, and that the process by which this function develops is still changing.

  Alberto Manguel

  Reading, Mind, Development

  "A History of Reading". Book by Alberto Manguel, 1996.

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• My "home" is a controversial topic. I don't exactly have one. I live all over the world.

  Lady Gaga

  Home, Controversial Topics, World

  "Lady Gaga On Love and Lies". Harper’s Bazaar Interview, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 5, 2014.

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• What world leader is considered the most controversial and everyone has a view of him? That's Putin.

  Christopher Ruddy

  Views, Leader, World

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• The idea that feminism is a 'battle of the sexes' about blaming all men and setting up a 'gender war' is a handy, controversial media hook. But it doesn't reflect reality.

  Laura Bates

  Sex, War, Reality

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• I'm not really interested in courting controversy, but I am interested in exploring issues that other people would deem to be controversial.

  Irvine Welsh

  Issues, People, Controversy

  Source: gapersblock.com

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• I don't have any option. I'm not going to be less gay or more pretty. I can't try to have less personality or fewer controversial opinions.

  Rachel Maddow

  Gay, Personality, Trying

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• If something is very, very funny but possibly controversial, if it's truly funny, then it's worth doing. Things aren't worth doing for the sake of being controversial.

  John Mulaney

  Sake, Ifs

  "Nick Kroll and John Mulaney on Why Controversial Jokes Are Worth Doing If They're Funny". Interview with Ashley Hoffman, time.com. February 21, 2017.

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• I want to be remembered as a woman who represented God but was controversial, stood by what she believed and wouldn't allow other people's opinions of her to manipulate her directions. As someone who helped others, loved others deeply even if they tried to hurt her, was there for people when she could be, and ultimately made everything she did about God and not just about herself.

  Meagan Good

  Hurt, People, Opinion

  Source: aalbc.com

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• Immigration is by far the most controversial yet least understood issue in America. Frankly, given the way we're talking about immigration, given the emphasis, the overemphasis on border security, I would argue that we're not on the same page when we debate this issue. We're doing far too much debating and not enough conversing.

  Jose Antonio Vargas

  Immigration, Arguing, Debate

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