Breaking Down Quotes - Page 16

• When we don't pay close attention to the decisions made by our leaders, when we fail to educate ourselves about the major issues of the day, when we choose not to make our voices and opinions heard, that's when democracy breaks down. That's when power is abused. That's when the most extreme voices in our society fill the void that we leave. That's when powerful interests and their lobbyists are most able to buy access and influence in the corridors of power - because none of us are there to speak up and stop them.

  Barack Obama

  Powerful, Voice, Issues

  "Obama Michigan Graduation Speech". www.huffingtonpost.com. May 20, 2010.

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• You’re not the one having a hard time in the battlefield. The enemy’s also having a hard time—the only question is who breaks down first.

  Rafael Eitan

  Hard Times, Enemy, Firsts

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• Since 2001, people have been scared. There's been some really scary stuff that's been happening - 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan, Katrina, anthrax letters, D.C. sniper, global warming, global financial meltdown, bird flu, swine flu, SARS. I think people really feel like the system's breaking down.

  Max Brooks

  Thinking, Iraq, People

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

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• I never used to see anything on TV where the man was in the weaker position. It was always the female showing emotion, breaking down, being emotionally torn apart by men.

  Sharon Horgan

  Men, Female, Torn Apart

  "Sharon Horgan: 'I love making men cry'". Interview With Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2011.

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• When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you've always got a different ache or pain.

  Tom Petty

  Pain, Important, Different

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• For it is necessary in every practical science to proceed in a composite (i.e. deductive) manner. On the contrary in speculative science, it is necessary to proceed in an analytical manner by breaking down the complex into elementary principles.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Science, Scientific Method, Principles

  Saint Thomas Aquinas (1993). “Commentary on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics”, St. Augustine's Press

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• It is my mission to help in the breaking down of classes, and to make all men feel as if they were brethren of the same family, sharing the same rights, the same capabilities, and the same responsibilities. While my hand can hold a pen, I will use it to this end; and while my brain can earn a dollar, I will devote it to this end.

  Lydia M. Child

  Responsibility, Equality, Men

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• I remember my dad working with me on breaking down my script and writing out a back story for my character and all that stuff.

  Jason Bateman

  Dad, Writing, Character

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• The American media produce a product of very poor quality. Its information is not reliable, it has too much chrome and glitz, its doors rattle, it breaks down almost immediately, and it's sold without warranty. It's flashy, but it's basically junk.

  Michael Crichton

  Poor Quality, Doors, Media

  "Mediasaurus" by Michael Crichton, www.wired.com. April 1, 1993.

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• With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on.

  Sonny Bono

  Degrees, Goes On, Lawyer

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• Until we believe that we are as bad as God says we are, we can never believe that He will do for us what He says He will do. Right here is where popular religion breaks down.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Believe, Break

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• We're Jews, my family, and Jews break down into two distinct subcultures: book Jews and money Jews. We were money Jews.

  Ira Glass

  Book, Two, My Family

  "Ira Glass: Live and Uncut". Interview with Ana Marie Cox And Joanna Dionis, www.motherjones.com. August 11, 1998.

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• One of the easiest forms of pretense to break down is the pretense of enthusiasm for exotic foods. Just bring on the exotic foods.

  Robert Benchley

  Justice, Exotic, Enthusiasm

  Robert Benchley (2016). “My Ten Years in a Quandary and How They Grew”, p.303, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• Often, the disparities in the ways men and women are treated are subtle; there are not these clear barriers that you have to break down.

  Eleanor Clift

  Men, Way, Subtle

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• Some of Jimmy Stewart's performance in 'It's A Wonderful Life' is some of the most disturbing performance he ever did, when he falls apart and when he breaks down.

  David O. Russell

  Fall, Life Is, Wonderful

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• I think what I do differently from a lot of TV chefs is that I break down barriers and make fine food more accessible to the regular person, who might be intimidated. I try hard, particularly with wine, to make it not intimidating. It's sort of a teaching job.

  Ted Allen

  Jobs, Teaching, Wine

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think the traditional explanation is that demons just find someone, they pick on them and try to break down their spirit so they can... take control of their bodies. Why exactly? I don't know.

  Oren Peli

  Thinking, Trying, Body

  "'Paranormal Activity' Director Oren Peli Answers Questions From His Fans". Interview with Adam Rosenberg, www.mtv.com. October 29, 2009.

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• Last tour my bass rig was breaking down every other night. That was a pain. We would get on stage and Trey would count off the song, and I'd play the first note and nothing would be there. Those guys would just roll their eyes.

  Mike Gordon

  Song, Pain, Eye

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• Pleasure is terrifying because it breaks down the boundaries between people. Embracing passion means living with fear.

  Erica Jong

  Sex, Mean, Passion

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• As the Internet breaks down the last justifications for a professional class of politicians, it also builds up the tools for replacing them.

  Aaron Swartz

  Class, Tools, Lasts

  Aaron Swartz (2016). “The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz”, p.188, The New Press

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• There is a limit where the intellect fails and breaks down, and this limit is where the questions concerning God and freewill and immortality arise.

  Immanuel Kant

  Down And, Limits, Failing

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• Secondhand experience breaks down a block from the car lot.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Block, Car, Experience

  Ursula K. Le Guin (1997). “Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places”, p.158, Grove Press

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• When I'm working on a novel of my own, I try to read mostly nonfiction, although sometimes I break down and peek at something else.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Trying, Down And, Nonfiction

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• I thought of breaking down the door, but there's nothing left to say. That Chevy four by four says it all, sitting in my place.

  Rhett Akins

  Doors, Infidelity, Four

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• Nothing breaks down barriers and preconceived ideas about 'Christians and Christianity' more than when we treat people the way Jesus treated His enemies.

  Chip Ingram

  Christian, Jesus, Ideas

  Chip Ingram (2013). “True Spirituality: Becoming a Romans 12 Christian”, p.250, Simon and Schuster

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