Provocative Quotes - Page 2

• The Act of God designation on all insurance policies; which means, roughly, that you cannot be insured for the accidents that are most likely to happen to you.

  Alan Coren

  Mean, Policy, Accidents

  The Lady from Stalingrad Mansions 'A Short History of Insurance'

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• I think that as I continue to write, my writing I hope will become more controversial and more provocative.

  Christopher Darden

  Writing, Thinking, Controversial

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• Kanye West is inspirational. He expresses such a strong vision beyond music, beyond fashion - it's art. He sn't afraid to push boundaries and be provocative.

  Olivier Rousteing

  Fashion, Art, Strong

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• I do love the prose poem because it's such a perverse and provocative little box - always asking to be questioned, never giving a straight or definitive answer.

  Matthea Harvey

  Giving, Asking, Answers

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• Obama believes the cops are the problem. That's why his new philosophy is to have them withdraw and refrain and not be seen because just their presence is provocative.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Philosophy, Believe, Problem

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• It's more provocative to say 'might still have sex' because - it doesn't matter to me. There's not, like, one that hurts my feelings and one that doesn't.

  Taylor Swift

  Hurt, Sex, Feelings

  Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

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• I like to be provocative. I like to make people think. I like to touch people's hearts. And if I can do all three of those things in one fell swoop, then I feel like I've really accomplished something.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Heart, Thinking, People

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• It's hard to be understood when addressing many people at once. How can you ever know if you're being understood? So, I've just started being intelligently provocative. And people take the bait.

  Kenneth Goldsmith

  People, Bait, Understood

  Source: logger.believermag.com

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• I think there probably was a time when I was less provocative. That's when I was married.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Thinking, Married

  Source: www.independent.ie

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• I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.

  Malcolm Mclaren

  Believe, Generations, Looks

  "Malcolm McLaren on bringing bollocks back to the BBC" by Malcolm McLaren, www.theguardian.com. March 14, 2008.

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• White Collar' is a show about the unlikely pairing of an FBI agent and an ex-con solving smart, glamorous, interesting and provocative crimes in a sometimes very funny way.

  Tim DeKay

  Smart, Fbi Agents, White

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• And as cynical and jaded as many have become, you see the heroic nature of cops, who put aside a lot of their own personal concerns and their families to speak for the dead, which is a sacred thing. Over time there is this thing in them that is very powerful and interesting and provocative to me.

  Veena Sud

  Powerful, Interesting, Cynical

  Source: deadline.com

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• To find a script that works with provocative ideas is hard to find.

  John McTiernan

  Ideas, Scripts, Hard

  "The Stax Report: Script Review Of Rollerball". www.ign.com. July 14, 2000.

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• I once said to a boy, ‘You’re a really good kisser,’ and he said, ‘You’re only as good as the person you’re kissing.' I think it’s the same with the music. If someone [says], ‘Your music is really provocative,’ I’m only as provocative as the person that’s listening to it.

  FKA twigs

  Kissing, Boys, Thinking

  "FKA Twigs Is a Woman of Mystery -- And She Likes It That Way" by Devon Maloney, www.billboard.com. August 18, 2014.

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• Irene Diamond's Fertile Ground is a provocative book. It stirs me to vigorous assent. It also triggers wide-eyed disbelief. . . . As it prods me to explosions of disagreement, it also provokes useful thought.

  Janet Lembke

  Book, Explosions, Triggers

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• Show business is my life. When I was a kid I sold insurance, but nobody laughed.

  Don Rickles

  Kids, Controversial, Shows

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• Provocative and challenging The Social License makes a compelling case for why companies must look to increase their positive social impact as an integral part of their core business strategies.

  Paul Polman

  Impact, Challenges, Looks

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• Through luminous and erudite readings of the texts, Hasana Sharp shows us how profound and radical is Spinoza's conception of nature and his claim that humans always remain part of nature, acting solely according to the same rules. She demonstrates the political consequences of adopting this perspective through a provocative intervention in contemporary feminist theory, while along the way opening promising avenues for future work in a variety of other fields, such as animal studies and ecology. This is a challenging and important book.

  Michael Hardt

  Book, Reading, Animal

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• The democratic choice Russian people made in the early 90's is final.

  Vladimir Putin

  People, Choices, Finals

  "Putin in Brazil for Space Talks". Interview with Brazilian media, news.bbc.co.uk. November 22, 2004.

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• Our aims are absolutely clear: They are a high living standard in the country and a secure, free and comfortable life.

  Vladimir Putin

  Country, Standards, Aim

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• Religious symbols should be visible in public space, in a dignified and non-provocative manner. Christmas trees here, Jewish menorahs there and, further along, a minaret - these symbols represent human life in all its diversity.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Religious, Space, Diversity

  "Calming our fears" by Tariq Ramadan, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2007.

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• Donna E. Smyth - adventures with words; she is always doing something new and unique. Beginning with her visceral morality, her stories are startling, nerve wracking, provocative: she combines Angela Carter's beautiful style with Patricia Highsmith's malevolent atmospheres. Smyth shatters clichs and dismisses mere sociology. She knows that pleasure is besieged by terror. She tells us what we don't want to know, but need to know. Smyth's writing disturbs us, enrichingly, because truth can never be at peace with language.

  George Elliott Clarke

  Beautiful, Writing, Adventure

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• Pamela Smith and Benjamin Schmidt have gathered together a wide-ranging and provocative set of original essays that successfully demonstrate how contingent the process of making knowledge was during a period of fundamental epistemological change. This is a finely crafted and conceptualized collection.

  Deborah Harkness

  Together, Fundamentals, Schmidt

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• I think this show I'm going to do,' Awake,' if it's done well, will not only be provocative and entertaining, but help people. I want to do that.

  Jason Isaacs

  Thinking, People, Done

  "Jason Isaacs: 'I like being anonymous'". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2011.

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• The ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus taught his students that what happens to them is not as important as what they believe happens to them. In this engaging and provocative book, Eldon Taylor provides his readers with specific ways in which their beliefs can lead to success or failure in their life undertakings. Each chapter provides nuggets of wisdom as well as road maps for guiding them toward greater self-understanding, balance, responsibility, and compassion.

  Stanley Krippner

  Book, Believe, Responsibility

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