Controversial Quotes - Page 13

• Which is the other reason hip-hop is controversial: People don't bother trying to get it. The problem isn't in the rap or the rapper or the culture. The problem is that so many people don't even know how to listen to the music.

  Jay-Z

  Rap, People, Hip Hop

  Jay-Z (2010). “Decoded (Enhanced Edition)”, p.70, Random House Group

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• The one thing ... that is truly ugly is the climate of hate and intimidation, created by a noisy few, which makes the decent majority reluctant to air in public their views on anything controversial. ... Where all pretend to be thinking alike, it's likely that no one is thinking at all.

  Edward Abbey

  Hate, Thinking, Air

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• How could anything non-controversial be of intellectual interest to grown-ups?

  Edward Abbey

  Intellectual, Interest

  Edward Abbey (2006). “Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast”

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• Salmon farming-the placement of large metal or mesh net cages in the ocean to grow fish-was pioneered in Norway in the 1960s. Since then, the industry has expanded to Scotland, Ireland, Canada, the US, and Chile, but is dominated by the same multinational corporations. Wherever it is practiced, net-cage salmon farming is controversial and raises serious environmental concerns.

  David Suzuki

  Ocean, Scotland, Environmental

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• Throughout my career, I've always portrayed characters that were humorous, but also weren't afraid to speak their minds, especially when it came to racy or controversial topics. I think this struck a chord with the LGBT community. We both also share a very strong love for animals. When you combine the two, it's a very strong match.

  Betty White

  Strong, Humorous, Character

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• My art's not safe, I don't want it to be safe, it's not meant to be safe, its controversial, it takes you into deep areas, it's a journey, its starts off in safe areas but it gets into deep waters.

  Brian Froud

  Art, Journey, Deep Water

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• I played a girl. There's really nothing controversial about her. She's just fine. She has to be fine in order to make Sarah Jessica's character pop, I say I just play a white girl in that movie.

  Claire Danes

  Girl, Character, Order

  "Claire Danes Goes Retail With 'Shopgirl" by Associated Press, www.foxnews.com. October 21, 2005.

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• I'm constantly changing, I'm constantly growing. I think I'm a little controversial... I just try and keep some mystery, so hopefully people can't really put their finger on it.

  Evan Rachel Wood

  Thinking, People, Trying

  "A Guided Tour of Evan Rachel Wood: A Woman We Love" by Julian Sanction, www.esquire.com. April 17, 2011.

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• I'm a very controversial figure in the Christian world. I don't believe if you're gay or you have a drink or you dance, you're going to hell. I don't think that's the kind of God we have. The Pat Robertsons and Jerry Falwells of the world are scary. I want to be a Christian like Christ - loving and accepting of other people.

  Kristin Chenoweth

  Christian, Believe, Gay

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I didn't say what I said to be controversial just because most people are picking the Patriots to win. I consider myself a pretty good judge of talent when it comes to defensive linemen and the Panthers' biggest strength is their defensive line. You win the battle of the trenches and that goes a long way to winning the game.

  Warren Sapp

  Winning, Games, Long

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• When I started to sing like myself - as opposed to imitating Nat Cole, which I had done for a while - when I started singing like Ray Charles, it had this spiritual and churchy, this religious or gospel sound. It had this holiness and preachy tone to it. It was very controversial. I got a lot of criticism for it.

  Ray Charles

  Spiritual, Religious, Singing

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• We are not supposed to have an opinion. If we have an opinion, it has to be controversial – that is how we are always projected. It is difficult.

  Shahrukh Khan

  Opinion, Difficult, Ifs

  "Don’t question my intelligence: SRK". Interview with Anshul Chaturvedi, timesofindia.indiatimes.com. September 30, 2010.

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• Anyone interested in the past, present, or future of banking and financial crises should read The Bankers' New Clothes. Admati and Hellwig provide a forceful and accessible analysis of the recent financial crisis and offer proposals to prevent future financial failures. While controversial, these proposals--whether you agree or disagree with them--will force you to think through the problems and solutions.

  Michael J. Boskin

  Past, Thinking, Clothes

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• I think the world likes to pick apart different songs and play doctor with songs sometimes and make them into this big controversial thing.

  Katy Perry

  Song, Thinking, Doctors

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• Women are not children. We are not fragile little birds who can't cope with jokes, works of art, or controversial speakers.

  Christina Hoff Sommers

  Art, Children, Bird

  "Is Modern Academic Feminism Harming Women?". Interview with Clay Routledge, www.psychologytoday.com. September 4, 2016.

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• About specific social issues, there is a great deal to say that departs very far from truism and is, accordingly, significant and controversial.

  Noam Chomsky

  Issues, Significant, Social

  Source: www.publicanthropology.org

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• When you're a candidate and you say something that is inaccurate or controversial, it has less impact than it does when you're president of the United States. Everybody around the world's paying attention. Markets move. National security issues require a level of precision in order to make sure that you don't make mistakes.

  Barack Obama

  Mistake, Moving, Order

  "President Barack Obama Holds Press Conference", pl.usembassy.gov. November 15, 2016.

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• It's the reason why I am always interested in engaging in people who are pushing us and pushing against the status quo. But having been an activist, the only thing that I'm always encouraging activists to do is, once you have raised the issue, and even through controversial means, you have to come behind it with an agenda and the possibility of reconciliation if power meets your demands.

  Barack Obama

  Mean, Issues, People

  Source: www.theatlantic.com

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• Well the Global Fund, because of how well it's worked on not only AIDS, but also malaria and tuberculosis, I'd say it's well accepted. I mean, it's not politically controversial that this is a great humanitarian effort. But budgets are very very tight.

  Bill Gates

  Mean, Effort, Malaria

  Source: www.ctvnews.ca

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• I believe we accomplished a lot of good things while I was in office. We maintained a very good working relationship with both Republicans and Democrats during my tenure. Consequently, we had a very high batting average in dealing with Congress on some very controversial issues. Plus, we kept our nation at peace,
  we obeyed the law, and we told the truth.

  Jimmy Carter

  Believe, Law, Issues

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.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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• 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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• 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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• 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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