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" Yeah, I think of what I do as a work of journalism. It's more like the op-ed page, though. These are my opinions. My point of view. The opinions are mine and I let you make up your own mind. "

Michael Moore

Journalism

You

Work

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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. "

Michael Moore

Work

Compromise

" I certainly believe that I have no right to tell another couple whether they can or cannot be married. "

" Back in the late '90s, I put together a humorous newsmagazine program called 'The Awful Truth' for Bravo. We helped one guy get an organ transplant whose insurance company had refused to pay. I thought, if we could save a guy's life in a 10-minute segment on cable, what could we do if we devoted a whole movie to a whole bunch of people? "

" Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash. "

" If one job doesn't pay all the bills, don't worry. You can get another one and another one and another one. "

" 'Zero Dark Thirty' is a disturbing, fantastically-made movie. It will make you hate torture. "

" When I make a film, I'm not doing it purely for political reasons. If I just wanted to do that, I'd run for office. "

" Politicians never keep all their promises. "

" Republicans are relentless and they're smart, too - they're not all dumb - and on Election Day, they'll be up at five in the morning. "

Michael Moore

Morning

Smart

" I think as a filmmaker my first contribution would just be to make a good movie that people would love to see and leave the theatre charged, with a sense of excitement. "

" People like me who grew up in a working-class town, who don't have a college education, you don't usually hear from us. "

Michael Moore

College

You

" You can't debate satire. Either you get it or you don't. "

" I went without health insurance until 'Roger & Me,' basically - from about age 20 till about age 35. With 'Roger & Me,' I joined the Directors Guild and the Writers Guild, and since then I've had excellent health care managed by the union. "

" If you reduce the guns and the ammo, you'll reduce the murders. "

" There's nothing inherently or patently wrong with anybody who does well, works hard, earns a living, betters themselves. I'm not against any of these things. It's about how you make that money, and then what you do with it. "

" Oprah's got good politics, she's got a good heart, and she'll have us all up Jazzercising at six in the morning. This cannot be a bad thing, and reading a book while we're Jazzercising. So America would be better off if Oprah were president. "

" New York City has become a place where it's not easy for the working class to even live. "

" I'm a highly flawed individual, as we all are, and because I was raised by Jesuits, I'm constantly, 'What is it about me and what I can do to be better?' "

Michael Moore

I Can

Because

" Most liberals I know were for invading Afghanistan right after 9/11. "

" The No. 1 cause of bankruptcies is medical bills. "

" I respect the fact that people have worked hard all week and want to go to the movies on the weekend and be entertained. "

" People of my age who went to college, go into college, you know what it cost back then? Nothing or next to nothing. At the most, you had to work at Dairy Queen during the summer and that would pay for your college education. "