Controversial Quotes - Page 9

• There are some current 'theories' that, when divested of begged questions, reduce to the non-controversial statement, 'Here are some facts and there may be some relation between them.'

  Harold Jeffreys

  May, Facts, Currents

  Harold Jeffreys (1998). “The Theory of Probability”, p.419, OUP Oxford

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• The Republican leadership thinks the best way to avoid losing elections is to let the Democrats win every controversial issue.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Winning, Thinking, Issues

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• Even those who don't believe in climate change believe we should develop renewable energy. Americans get it: it's time. This is not controversial. It's actually right in the wheelhouse of American business.

  Marshall Herskovitz

  Believe, Energy, Climate

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You can't have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable. If students are not going to hear controversial ideas on college campuses, they're not going to hear them in America. I believe it's part of their education.

  Donna Shalala

  Believe, College, Ideas

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• I am really the most controversial artist in the world.

  Thomas Kinkade

  Artist, World

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• I used to tweet, but it's an act of futility. You're not really making any impact, and if you find yourself in a mood when you wanna be a bit controversial and you post something, you suddenly realise, 'Oh my God!' because you've opened yourself up to a bunch of criticism from strangers.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Impact, Futility Of Life, Finding Yourself

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• One of the primary questions in a state-church arrangement is, 'which controls which?' . . . In Norway, for example, the liberal labor government has regularly angered Church officials by making controversial ministerial appointments against the wishes of the clergy. . . . These and other actions have strained the church-state relationship almost to the breaking point. As a result, some of the bishops have advocated disestablishment.

  Dan Barker

  Government, Point Break, Wish

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• Media economics now are so dependent on people saying controversial things and an entire mini-news cycle springing up around this thing that that person said. It really behooves people in the public eye to know what's in the zeitgeist and to have opinions on it. It becomes a thing of is this genuine, or is this just a way for celebrities to keep themselves relevant in a time when this is obviously a hot topic?

  Andi Zeisler

  Eye, People, Hot

  Source: therumpus.net

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• This might be a controversial thing to suggest, but in a quest to understand and relate to terrorism or school shootings, sometimes it feels like it's real, the appeal. As we've seen with ISIS, it's not always the devout who are getting into it; it's just people looking for a sense of belonging. The more they feel they're up against, the more intensity the cause has. It's an epic clash of cultures, and both sides are playing that up, but it's human beings disaffected, detached, and lonely.

  Andrew Bird

  Lonely, Real, School

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I know Reverend Jesse Jackson is controversial, and not a popular figure with many, but he hired me in 1984. He gave me my first job in politics.

  Donna Brazile

  Jobs, Firsts, Figures

  Interview with Eric Golub, tygrrrrexpress.com. November 8, 2008.

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• [I have ] two boys. One, Nicholas, is a criminal defense attorney in Phoenix in which he - gets into - a lot of very controversial cases. He has sued Sheriff Arpaio, the famous sheriff who keeps people in tents, gives them green bologna and the like. My other son Tom is with Williams & Connolly in Washington, where he does intellectual property defamation cases.

  Nat Hentoff

  Son, Boys, Phoenix

  Source: thedailyhatch.org

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• The book Manufacturing Consent, which I co-authored with Edward Herman, begins with a description of the structure and institutional setting of the commercial media, and then draws some rather simple-minded conclusions about what we would expect the media product to be, given these (not particularly controversial) conditions.

  Noam Chomsky

  Book, Simple, Media

  Source: www.publicanthropology.org

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• They [candidates] say, "I don't want to say anything controversial." And so nobody covers them. Then they blame the journalists, saying "Why don't they write down what I said?" In congressional races, 90 percent of the time the answer is, "Because you are boring and you don't have anything that makes me interested in listening to you. Why the heck should somebody write it down? There's nothing here worth hearing."

  Roger Ailes

  Writing, Race, Listening

  Source: www.campaignsandelections.com

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• There are things going on in galleries recently that have shocked me. What I'm going to say is really controversial, but what I find the most provocative is the commerciality of art in general. And the fact that a lot of people have forgotten what the meaning of art is and what the intention behind it is.

  Tracey Emin

  Art, People, Forgotten

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• What makes me vulnerable is speaking up about topics that may be controversial to others.

  Gabrielle Bernstein

  Speaking Up, Topics, May

  "May Cause Miracles | Author Gabrielle Bernstein Interview: Rachel P. Goldstein". www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I think all of us could insist on preserving the truth and preserving the peace. We could insist that political candidates tell the truth about controversial issues. And secondly, we should be sure to encourage our political leaders, after they're elected, to preserve the peace.

  Jimmy Carter

  Thinking, Issues, Leader

  "President, Peanut Farmer and Sunday School Teacher". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• The young adult literature is relatively new - it just kind of exploded in the 2000s. When I grew up, there weren't bookstores with sections dedicated to teen lit, nor was my generation raised reading books written specifically for us. Because of that, today we still think of books for teens as children's books and so when you write a book that includes sensitive topics, it just seems even more controversial. What's troubling to me about that is these are issues adults know that teens deal with. Not writing about them makes them something we don't, or can't talk about.

  Jay Asher

  Book, Reading, Writing

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• My most famous drama in England is quite controversial. It's something called Men Only, and it's rather a shocking exploration of male sexuality.

  Peter Webber

  Drama, Men, Males

  "Girl with a Pearl Earring". Interview with Carlo Cavagna, www.aboutfilm.com.

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• It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.

  Noam Chomsky

  Government, Action, Reflexes

  Noam Chomsky (2007). “Interventions”, p.71, City Lights Publishers

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• I've always liked the old-school journalism approach. I don't have to take a side on any controversial issue. I get to present various sides. And my goal, as a journalist covering the Bible beat, is to present the strengths and weaknesses of each side - to the extent that readers can't tell what my opinion is. That's easy enough for me to do much of the time because I'm as confused as the next guy, and trusting a lot on Jesus for what I don't understand.

  Stephen M. Miller

  Jesus, Confused, Goal

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• You believe in equality for women and men. And that means that, not only do you believe in it kind of in the abstract but you actively think people should seek it when it comes to the way you hire people, the way you compensate people, the way you treat women and men in professional settings and school, whatever the case, giving them equal opportunities without disadvantaging them because of their, for the fact that they're women. And to me that's what it means for me to be a feminist. I don't think it's that controversial.

  John Legend

  Believe, School, Mean

  "John Legend Has His Dad Jokes at the Ready". Interview with Samantha Leal, www.marieclaire.com. January 14, 2016.

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• Bible Code is a subject that is very controversial - most people in the world would not even know what we are talking about.

  Drunvalo Melchizedek

  Talking, People, World

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• As a kid growing up, this was sometimes a little bit intimidating to have a mom who was always, like, speaking up and always saying something that might be kind of controversial . . . . The thing I think that we got out of that that was really good was, like, we weren't afraid to make waves.

  Susan Wojcicki

  Mom, Growing Up, Kids

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• I am a visible person. I'm visible and I'm controversial. I don't mind if you crave the limelight - but make it work for you!

  Angela Alioto

  Mind, Limelight, Persons

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• I have wondered if I might be placed on a watch list of some sort by the government, though. I know that the documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras, who is a friend and who has made documentaries about controversial Middle Eastern terrorists has had trouble at customs when she travels internationally - but nothing like that has happened to me.

  Marshall Curry

  Trouble, Terrorist, Filmmaker

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