Offensive Quotes - Page 14

• In college, a group of guys labelled me a "righteous little beaver." Again, I was slightly pissed because it seemed offensive and misdirected, but when I learned that beavers swim upstream, I realized that maybe it was fitting after all.

  Amy Richards

  College, Guy, Swim

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• The reason why the war ended in Bosnia was not because of amnesty but because a combined Croat-Bosnian offensive defeated the Serbs on the battlefield. Sometimes naïveté belongs not to the human rights activists but to the politicians.

  Payam Akhavan

  War, Human Rights, Sometimes

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• A single word that can be offensive to someone is a horrible thing for anyone who has iman. In other words, filthy language out of your mouth and faith inside your heart cannot coexist. You cannot have iman in your heart and ugly words come out of your mouth. If you have no control over whatever four letter words you keep using every time you get frustrated, there's a spiritual problem, it's not just a habit problem.
  How can you use a terrible word for anyone who has iman?

  Nouman Ali Khan

  Spiritual, Heart, Frustrated

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• Of all the doctrines of the Bible none is so offensive to human nature as the doctrine of God's sovereignty.

  J. C. Ryle

  Doctrine, Human Nature, Sovereignty

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Luke”, p.74, Editora Dracaena

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• I had to choose: Either leave the country, where it's become dangerous for me, or go on the offensive.

  Bidzina Ivanishvili

  Country, Goes On, Dangerous

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• There is something about the photographs that is endlessly disturbing. The fact that we like to think of them as torture actually hides what is really deeply offensive about them.

  Errol Morris

  Thinking, Facts, Really Deep

  "Interrogating Errol Morris". Interview with Dave Gilson, www.motherjones.com. May/June 2008.

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• I am for decriminalization. The significant aspect of that is that we don't force prostitutes to have to get a license to work. I think the whole idea of licensing consensual sex between adults is offensive.

  Chester Brown

  Sex, Thinking, Ideas

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I really like to play inside. I really like being able to go one-on-one with an offensive lineman every play. At defensive end, you're more running up the field and containing more than you are just against an offensive lineman.

  Darrion Scott

  Running, Play, Able

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• I don't know why, but I always feel a kind of necessity to write things that are beyond acceptance, that are too offensive or something. For people to read them and say, Ha-ha-ha, very funny. No, we can't print that.

  Terry Southern

  Writing, Acceptance, People

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• I don't mind comments saying things about me. I do mind them saying things about those young, brave men and women who have volunteered. That's offensive to me that people would say those kind of comments about Americans who have volunteered to take the fight to the enemy.

  George W. Bush

  Fighting, Men, People

  "President Bush Discusses Midterms; War on Terror Strategy With Sean Hannity". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. October 30, 2006.

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• The rubber hits the road when we try to show grace to a person most unlike us, even someone morally offensive.

  Philip Yancey

  Grace, Trying, Rubber

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• The nation of Dubai banned the movie Charlie's Angles because it's "offensive to the religion of Islam." Apparently, the religion of Islam is offended by anything without a plot.

  Jon Stewart

  Movie, Dubai, Religion Of Islam

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• Cybersecurity is not only a question of developing defensive technologies but offensive technologies, as well.

  Donald Trump

  Technology, Wells, Cybersecurity

  Source: time.com

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• The contrast between Hillary Clinton, a champion for women and families versus Donald Trump who has alienated women across the country with his offensive and insulting rhetoric, could not be clearer.

  Stephanie Schriock

  Country, Champion, Insulting

  "President Of EMILY's List On The PAC's Priorities For Election Day". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. October 6, 2016.

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• David Ortiz is an icon. He is one of a kind. But we'll do our best job to replace the offensive aspect, however we can.

  Dave Dombrowski

  Jobs, Icons, Best Job

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• The same goes for the refugees. Mrs.[Indira] Gandhi says ten million. It's obvious she started with that figure in order to legalize her offensive and invade East Pakistan. But when we invited the United Nations to check, the Indians were opposed. Why were they opposed? If the figure were exact, they shouldn't have been afraid of its being verified.

  Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

  Order, East, Pakistan

  Source: dhakadigest.net

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• I have a funny story to tell about English and how I came to fall in love with the language. I was desperate to fit in and spoke English all the time. Trouble was, in my household it was a no-no to speak English because somehow it is disrespectful to call parents and grandparents "you" - impersonal pronouns are offensive in Vietnamese.

  Andrew Lam

  Falling In Love, Speak English, Grandparent

  "‘Birds of Paradise Lost’: A Conversation With Author Andrew Lam". Interview with Anna Challet, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 5, 2013.

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• We do know that they are foreign missions today that are using Trump Towers, they say, why wouldn`t we want to show favor to the president of the United States? It would be offensive if we stayed at his competitor`s hotel.

  Chuck Todd

  President, United States, Would Be

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• It wasn't that we were afraid of the Church or the Vatican. The record company thought people might find the title offensive. They asked me if I would change ["A Deal with God"].

  Kate Bush

  People, Church, Might

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• There is a lot of censorship about writing that's exerted from all directions, from families or governments and society, even the fear of being offensive in some way.

  Alice Mattison

  Writing, Government, Way

  Source: therumpus.net

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• We need a new kind of offensive in the Middle East. It's called a peace offensive.

  Jill Stein

  Middle East, Needs, Kind

  Source: www.democracynow.org

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• In fact, the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 bans militarization. Potential adversaries of the US, and even its allies, are so far behind that these countries are very interested in maintaining the treaty. Europe and the rest of the world want a strong reaffirmation of the Treaty and the US is unilaterally trying to derail it. Termination of the treaty would mean that the US could develop satellite weapons, put offensive weapons in space. It would probably mean using nuclear power in space. All of this leads to some very dangerous scenarios, including destruction of the species.

  Noam Chomsky

  Country, Strong, Mean

  Source: www.madre.org

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• Sometimes faggot is the right word. There's a trend in this country to avoid words: "We can't say that one anymore it's offensive."

  Joe Rogan

  Country, Trends, Sometimes

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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• When I first saw a White Dutch person dressed up as Black Pete, I was both sickened and shocked. It's hard to stand next to someone who views your skin color and hair as a costume. As a filmmaker, whenever I get that feeling, I want to explore what motivates people to engage in such offensive behavior and enlighten folks about its origins.

  Roger Ross Williams

  Color, White, Hair

  Source: www.theskanner.com

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• The reality of Canadian history is that we've been willing to do the important things the world demanded of us: fighting in World War II, in Korea, in the Balkans, where we were involved in offensive military operations, and in Afghanistan, where we have made disproportionate contributions.

  Chris Alexander

  Military, War, Fighting

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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