Politically Correct Quotes - Page 5

• I'm not politically correct; I never said I was.

  Joshua Homme

  Said

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• ...These politically correct language initiatives are misguided and harmful. They create highly entitled professional "victims" who expect to be free from any offense, and they engender a stifling atmosphere where all individuals walk on eggshells lest they might commit a linguistic capital crime.

  Gad Saad

  Atmosphere, Might, Eggshells

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• As an actor, you may do things that aren't politically correct. Unless you're an actor who only does things for political reasons. I believe if we don't do the good, bad, and the ugly, we're not going to progress.

  Rosie Perez

  Believe, Political, Progress

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• What is the politically correct term for 'retarded'?""I think the words you're fishing for are 'mentally disabled.' And no. I'm not mentally disabled.

  Rachel Gibson

  Thinking, Fishing, Retarded

  Rachel Gibson (2010). “Nothing But Trouble”, p.13, Harper Collins

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• I refuse to totally grow up. I've always been someone who says and does things that push politically correct boundaries.

  Robbie Williams

  Growing Up, Doe, Boundaries

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• Obviously I don't want to make a film that offends people, but the whole world is so politically correct - I'm not going to not do something because it may be politically incorrect. At some point, the metaphors and allegories break down. They disappear, and you just have science fiction.

  Neill Blomkamp

  People, Fiction, World

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. August 12, 2009.

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• I am a straight talker. I am not politically correct or diplomatic.

  Anurag Kashyap

  Talkers, Diplomatic

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• I believe in evolution, scientific inquiry, and global warming; I believe in free speech, whether politically correct or politically incorrect, and I am suspicious of using government to impose anybody's religious beliefs -including my own- on nonbelievers.

  Barack Obama

  Religious, Believe, Government

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• There's a ghost in this house! An unquiet spirit!" Unquiet spirit?" Shane said under his breath. "Is that politically correct for pissed off? You know, like Undead American or something?

  Rachel Caine

  House, Pissed Off, Spirit

  Rachel Caine (2006). “Glass Houses: The Morganville Vampires”, p.133, Penguin

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• Since I was five, I've known that I was adopted, which is a politically correct term for being clueless about one's own origins.

  Jodi Picoult

  Clueless, Adoption, Term

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules”, p.467, Simon and Schuster

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• And when you come back to Japan next summer, let's have that date or whatever you want to call it. We can go to the zoo or the botanical garden or the aquarium, and then we'll have the most politically correct and scrumptious omelets we can find.

  Haruki Murakami

  Summer, Zoos, Garden

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• Oh, I know. They’re dwarfs pretending to be elves. No, they’re not dwarfs either. Okay, okay, they’re “little people,” I’m sorry! Can’t believe I have to be politically correct when you’re the only one who can hear me.

  Kevin Hearne

  Sorry, Believe, People

  Kevin Hearne (2014). “The Iron Druid Chronicles 6-Book Bundle: Hounded, Hexed, Hammered, Tricked, Trapped, Hunted”, p.273, Del Rey

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• I’m the archetype of a disabled genius, or should I say a physically challenged genius, to be politically correct. At least I’m obviously physically challenged. Whether I’m a genius is more open to doubt.

  Stephen Hawking

  Doubt, Genius, Should

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• Saying slavery was the cause of secession isn't politically correct; it's correct correct.

  Larry Wilmore

  Slavery, Causes, Secession

  "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. December 21, 2010.

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• You see the one thing I've always maintained is that I'm an American Indian. I'm not a Native American. I'm not politically correct. Everyone who's born in the Western Hemisphere is a Native American. We are all Native Americans. And if you notice, I put American before my ethnicity. I'm not a hyphenated African-American or Irish-American or Jewish-American or Mexican-American.

  Russell Means

  Native American, Ethnicity, Mexican

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was scared, because I knew that in the political arena, you have to satisfy so many different types of people at once, and I wasn't sure that I could speak for everybody and be politically correct.

  Camryn Manheim

  People, Political, Different

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• Do you want the truth or the politically correct version? The truth is that I go plastic, it's so much easier. And I like to put the bags over my head at night when I sleep, which I think all the kids at home should try. Kidding!!

  George Clooney

  Sleep, Kids, Home

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• My father was a Republican, and he couldn't stand what Franklin Delano Roosevelt was doing to the country. I always say I'm a mean-spirited narrow-minded right-wing, conservative Christian ... I start out with that, and if you don't like it, you can lump it. I am not politically correct.

  Jane Russell

  Christian, Country, Father

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• Of course in show business there are two ways to play it and I am not politically correct so I am not going to get endorsements or anything like that

  Artie Lange

  Play, Two, Way

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• I like to be honest, and after all these years I can't be bothered being politically correct.

  Sharon Osbourne

  Years, Honest, Bothered

  "Eminem sings about killing his wife. My husband actually tried to do it". www.theguardian.com. May 25, 2001.

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• So you have the ownership of the Phoenix Suns, the Los Suns, and whoever - "We don't want to offend the portion of our fan base. We want to appear to be politically correct. We want to appear to be all-inclusive" and so forth. Well, fine and dandy, but what happens when that contributes to the overall deterioration of the culture of this society?

  Rush Limbaugh

  Phoenix, Deterioration, Want

  "Professional Sports Should Man Up". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. May 5, 2010.

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• Any parent wants the best for their children. I am not going to make a choice for my child on the basis of what is the politically correct thing to do.

  Tony Blair

  Children, Choices, Parent

  "Mr Blair opts out". The Guardian, December 2, 1994.

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• Why would you want to be politically correct when you can be right?

  John Hagee

  Want

  "The Revelation Church" broadcast, February 2007.

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• I'm not running for office. I don't have to be politically correct. I don't have to be a nice person. Like I watch some of these weak-kneed politicians, it's disgusting. I don't have to be that way.

  Donald Trump

  Success, Running, Business

  "Anderson Cooper 360°", transcripts.cnn.com. December 28, 2006.

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• There is such a desire to give everybody a piece, we're probably wasting a great deal of homeland security money trying to be politically correct, when we really need to make sure that our cities get the money they need.

  Shelley Berkley

  Cities, Giving, Desire

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