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• I'm against people reading statements. When you read statement, I automatically take it as though you can't talk, and it's not real.

  Terry Bradshaw

  Real, Reading, People

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• In high school, I would drive my teachers batty. They would make a statement, and I would say, 'Why is that?' They didn't want to be questioned.

  Eli Broad

  Teacher, School, Want

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• Monarchists frequently declare that without the royal family, Britain would be 'nothing.' What a woeful lack of love for one's country such statements express.

  Julie Burchill

  Country, Would Be, Lack Of Love

  "Once we had anarchy in the UK. Now all we have is monarchy in the UK" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. April 7, 2012.

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• People have a preconceived notion about who I am and it's interesting. It's like picking who you want to win for the Oscars and not seeing the movie.

  Amanda Bynes

  Movie, Winning, Who I Am

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

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• If a guy is intimidated by a woman in leadership, he has real problems with his own concepts of masculinity. That's a harsh statement, but I believe it to be true.

  Tony Campolo

  Leadership, Real, Believe

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• Whether it's people walking off 'The View' when Bill O'Reilly makes a statement about radical Islam or Juan Williams being fired for expressing his opinion, over-reaching political correctness is chipping away at the fundamental American freedoms of speech and expression.

  Eric Cantor

  Walking Away, Views, Expression

  "Republicans to Add NPR Funding to 'You Cut' Budget Slashing Contest". www.foxnews.com. October 22, 2010.

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• I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.

  Jimmy Carter

  Lying, Issues, Controversial

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• I just think there are a lot of celebrities who don't feel that they have a voice. A lot of actors come from a place of fear, and that's just a general statement about actors. You're terrified the casting director won't like you, you're terrified the producer won't like you, you're terrified the director won't like you, and on and on.

  George Clooney

  Thinking, Voice, Directors

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• A blunt statement can be as false as any other.

  Mason Cooley

  Stupid, Literature, Blunt

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• General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.

  Mason Cooley

  Running, Horse, Example

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• It's a big flash of all these things and whatever you take out of that statement's one statement, one mind, one statement, one act, one show, and all the songs are one.

  Alice Cooper

  Song, Mind, Bigs

  Interview with Mike Quigley, www.mjq.net. September 1969.

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• I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what entertainment and music should be.

  Chris Cornell

  Thinking, Creating, Entertainment

  FaceBook post by Chris Cornell from Feb 17, 2013

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• Whenever a liberal begins a statement with 'I don't know which is more frightening,' you know the answer is going to be pretty clear.

  Ann Coulter

  Scary, Answers, Literature

  Ann Coulter (2007). “If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans”, p.160, Crown Forum

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• It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.

  Quentin Crisp

  Freedom, Blessing, Simple

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• Bishop Frederick Henry of Calgary is facing at least two official objections to his public statements along with expensive hearings before the Alberta Human Rights Commission for expressing his biblical views on same sex marriage.

  Stockwell Day

  Sex, Biblical, Rights

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• Second, the resolution contains the blatantly false assertion that negotiating a timeline for bringing U.S. troops home with the Iraqi government undermines U.S. national security. Such a statement shows a misunderstanding of the enemy we face in Iraq.

  Peter DeFazio

  Home, Government, Iraq

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• People think I'm trying to make a fashion statement because I never wear a bra. It's really that I'm a tomboy at heart.

  Cameron Diaz

  Fashion, Heart, Thinking

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• If one more 'journalist' makes a cavalier statement about me and my band, I will personally or with my fans' help, greet them at their home and discover just how much they believe in their freedom of speech.

  Marilyn Manson

  Believe, Home, Freedom Of Speech

  "Marilyn Manson threatens journalists with violence" by Sean Michaels, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2009.

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• Everything comes out in blues music: joy, pain, struggle. Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. It's about a man and a woman. So the pain and the struggle in the blues is that universal pain that comes from having your heart broken. Most blues songs are not about social statements.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Song, Pain, Struggle

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• I try to find the core values that are so fundamental that they transcend ethnic identity. That doesn't mean I run from it. I embrace African-American culture and I love it and embrace it, but it is a part of a human identity. So I'm always trying to make a larger human statement.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Running, Mean, Always Trying

  "Wynton Marsalis gives spirited take on jazz with 'Abyssinian Mass'". Interview with Jeremy D. Goodwin, www.bostonglobe.com. October 24, 2013.

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• I was very careful to send Mr. Roosevelt every few days a statement of our casualties. I tried to keep before him all the time the casualty results because you get hardened to these things and you have to be very careful to keep them always in the forefront of your mind.

  George C. Marshall

  Mind, Casualties, Results

  "George C. Marshall: Global Commander". Forrest C. Pogue, 1968.

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• You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Philosophy, Writing, Literature

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• I am intrigued by inanimate objects. They're a piece of history, someone's statement and ideas of life.

  Mike Mills

  Ideas, Pieces, Inanimate Objects

  "'This film is unmarketable'". Interview with Pascal Wyse, www.theguardian.com. October 25, 2005.

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• Famously, there's not really anywhere to go after nihilism. It's not progressing toward anything, it's a statement of outrage, however brilliant.

  Alan Moore

  Progress, Nihilism, Brilliant

  "Alan Moore Takes League of Extraordinary Gentlemen to the ’60s". Interview with Scott Thill, www.wired.com. July 21, 2011.

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• All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.

  George Edward Moore

  Law, Moral, Action

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