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" There's no violence coming from the Occupy protesters. "
Michael Moore
Violence
Coming
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" A newspaper is a public trust, and we will suffer as a society without them. It is not the Internet that has killed them. It is their own greed, it is their own stupidity, and it is capitalism that has taken our daily newspapers from us. "
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" It turns out Cuba has this incredible healthcare system for a very poor country. "
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" Any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up. "
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" Many criminals believe what they say is true; they could pass a lie detector test. "
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" A majority of this country opposes this war, a majority of this country never voted for this administration. "
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" My films don't have instant impact because they're dense with ideas that people have not thought about. It takes a while for the American public to wrap its head around some of the things I'm saying. "
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" We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. "
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" I was taught from a very early age that it was probably the most American thing you can do is to question what's going on and to try to fix things that you see that aren't right. I believed that as a young person, and I believe that today. "
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" I'll tell you who doesn't have any personal responsibility. Companies like General Electric and others who pay absolutely no income tax. "
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" Wall Street, the banks, and corporate America, has been able to call the shots here. They control our members of Congress and they get what they want. "
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" I was one of the first 18-year-olds in the United States elected to public office right after 18-year-olds got the right to vote back in the early '70s. I ran for the Board of Education. "
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" 'Zero Dark Thirty' is a disturbing, fantastically-made movie. It will make you hate torture. "
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" If you believe in equality, if you believe in standing up for the rights of all, especially for people most affected by bigotry and discrimination, then you have no choice but to be present and accounted for when it comes to standing up for gays and lesbians in our society. "
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" I did a filmstrip on pollution in the Davison area as my Eagle Scout project and showed it around town. Businesses who were the polluters were mad at me. "
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Me
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" You know we are flawed people, so if someone is going to make a movie about me, they don't have to make it up. My real flaws are much funnier. "
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Flaws
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" Since 9/11, the Bush administration has used that tragic event as a justification to rip up our constitution and our civil liberties. And I honestly believe that one or two 9/11s, and martial law will be declared in our country and we're inching towards a police state. "
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" There should be no private health insurance companies operating for profit. "
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" The purpose of art actually is, in many cases, to make you feel quite uncomfortable. Or at least to go to that place that's already of discomfort inside of you and tap into that. "
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Art
You
Inside
" There's over a billion people on this planet that don't have access to clean drinking water. "
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Clean
People
Water
" Under Reagan came the idea of putting your pension plan in the stock market, which wasn't a guaranteed pension. "
Michael Moore
Idea
Your
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" All of our political parties are bought and paid for by corporate America, Wall Street, and the wealthy interests. The Republican Party more so, but the Democrats take their share of the loot, too. "
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" I think that capitalism in general is responsible, not for the worldwide recession, but for a lot of suffering, both in the United States and around the world. "
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" My dad was an autoworker, my mom was a clerk. Until I was thirty-five, I never made more than fifteen thousand dollars a year. "
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" I don't compromise my values and I don't compromise my work. That's why I've been kicked from one network to the next: I won't give in. "
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" I like America to some extent. "
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Some
" Most Americans are very responsible. "
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" As far as what I do love, I love birds; I love lavender. "
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" The movie theater is never going away. If that was a case why are there still restaurants? People still have kitchens in their home! "
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" I'm used to my films having little effect on making the world a better place. "
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" I have enormous respect for anyone who would offer to sacrifice their life to defend my right to live. Is there any greater gift one can give another? "
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Life