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I'm driven by issues, not driven to be political.
Kevin Mccloud / Designer
Driven
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I would like to never ever think about any political issues.
Deborah Eisenberg / Short Story Writer
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I have no political issues that I need to seek central authorities' advice on.
Carrie Lam /
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A strong case can be made for religious leaders to speak out on political issues.
Tony Campolo / Pastor
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Religious
Religious Leaders
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Strong
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Riots born out of political issues aren't the same as those born out of personal greed.
Ross Kemp / Actor
Born
Greed
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So the same cultural and political issues that divided us in 1968 are still dividing us.
Russell Banks / Writer
Divided
Dividing
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Cultural
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I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.
Joseph Stiglitz / Economist
Family
Grew Up
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I think where political issues invade moral situations, spiritual leaders have to speak out.
Billy Graham / Professional Wrestler
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Invade
Situations
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One of the top political issues of the day is how to combat young people not being active anymore.
Lynn Davies / Olympic Athlete
Active
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Through the years, I had became involved with social and political issues, such as racial discrimination.
Sam Wanamaker /
Discrimination
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Religion and morality are critical to how students think about politics and form opinions on political issues.
Jeanne Shaheen / United States Senator
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Morality
Political
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There are beautiful songs people write about love and dancing. But it's political issues that should be addressed.
Sixto Rodriguez / Musician
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A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.
Tibor Fischer / Novelist
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Science fiction should not be dismissed as escapism. It is a profound vehicle for talking about social and political issues.
Robert J. Sawyer / Writer
Escapism
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Many poets in Iran have learned to speak almost a secret language, where political issues are talked about in allegorical ways.
Reza Aslan / Writer
Iran
Issues
Political
Political Issues
Secret
Speak
Allegorical
Learned
Poets
Talked
Ways
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There has never been a time when I was not committed to, involved in, or caring of, the social and political issues of my world.
Jessye Norman / Opera Singer
Caring
Committed
Involved
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Ezra Pound was a crackpot on social and political issues, but he knew what he was talking about in matters of the written language.
Pete Hamill / Journalist
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You have not fully expressed your power as a voter until you have scientific literacy in topics that matter for future political issues.
Neil Degrasse Tyson / Astrophysicist
Literacy
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Topics
Expressed
Fully
Scientific
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There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.
J. William Fulbright / Former United States Senator
Education
Country
Educate
Function
Military
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I like that Ben & Jerry's is willing to speak out about social and political issues that aren't always safe - but are the right thing to do.
Jerry Greenfield / Businessman
Issues
Jerry
Political
Political Issues
Right Thing
Speaks Out
Ben
The Right Thing
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I like to reveal people with some of the niceties of social behavior stripped away and the moral, ethical, and political issues are revealed.
Edward Zwick / Filmmaker
Ethical
Moral
Political Issues
Reveal
Stripped
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But the issue of sexual harassment is not the end of it. There are other issues - political issues, gender issues - that people need to be educated about.
Anita Hill / Attorney
Educated
Harassment
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People
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Me talking about political issues on a social platform was kind of an accident. It's something that's a part of my everyday - it's super central to who I am as a person.
Amandla Stenberg / Actress
Everyday
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Political I Am Me
Central
Platform
Super
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In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.
George Orwell / Novelist
Birthday
Smile
Age
Folly
Hatred
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Lying
Mass
Political
Political Issues
Political Language
Schizophrenia
Itself
Lies
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It's true that it's within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it's not going to solve the problems.
Angela Davis / Political Activist
Political Issues
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Although
Politics Work Good
Cultural
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Tend
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People on a spiritual path - personal growth, spiritual practice, recovery, yoga and so forth - are the last people who should be sitting out the social and political issues of our day.
Marianne Williamson / Author
Personal Growth
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Recovery
Spiritual Path
Forth
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Since the inauguration of Mr. Lee Myung-bak, I was very much disappointed with his politics and policies. Not only in economics, but also in many social and political issues, he made many mistakes.
Park Won-Soon /
Disappointed
Inauguration
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Because most journalists are secular, they can be gullible in looking to the religious right as arbiters of biblical interpretation, especially as it relates to hot-button cultural and political issues.
Kirsten Powers / Pundit
Bible
Gullible
Interpretation
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Secular
Cultural
Journalists
Relates
Religious Right
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The Myth of Male Power dealt much more with the political issues, the legal issues, sexual harassment, date rape, women who kill, and those issues were very much more interfaced with the agendas of feminism.
Warren Farrell / Activist
Legal
Agendas
Feminism
Harassment
Myth
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Women Power Political
Male
Date
Dealt
Sexual
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Every once in a while an issue comes up where I have to make a statement. I can't totally avoid all political issues, but I try my best to minimize them. When I do make a statement, I try to be fairly neutral.
Linus Torvalds / Software Engineer
Issues
Political
Political Issues
Trying
Neutral
Fairly
Avoid
Minimize
Statement
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When I defend our right to hunt and fish on public lands, rivers and streams. Or work for better schools. And more good paying jobs that can support a family. Those aren't political issues to me. They're personal.
Steve Bullock /
Jobs
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Public Lands
Rivers
Support
Family Work Good
Fish
Defend
Work Family Good
Hunt
Lands
Paying
Personal
Schools
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I'm very passionate about political issues, but I also think that listening to people who disagree is extremely important, and I try to build that into my teaching, sometimes by co-teaching with rightwing colleagues.
Martha Nussbaum /
Colleagues
Disagree
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Political Important People
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My great desire has been to remove from the political arena a question of this kind that is calculated to prevent us getting a verdict upon the important political issues that separate the two parties in this country.
Charles Tupper / Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Arena
Country
Issues
Party
Political Issues
Remove
Verdict
Great Political Country
Calculated
Parties
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Prevent
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People can believe pretty much whatever they want to believe about moral and political issues, as long as some other people near them believe it, so you have to focus on indirect methods to change what people want to believe.
Jonathan Haidt / Psychologist
Believe
Focus
Indirect
Issues
Long
Moral
Political Issues
Change Believe Political
Pretty
Whatever
Methods
Near
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If you look at U.S. history through religious history, there is very much a motif that shows the importance religion has played in the U.S. We're a very religious country and it affects the way we look at various political issues.
Madeleine Albright / Former United States Secretary Of State
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Importance
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Our talks in Paris tackled economic, democratic, security and political issues; we talked on means for combating terrorism, in addition to latest regional and international developments of mutual interest, especially those in region.
Ali Abdullah Saleh / Former President Of Yemen
Democratic
International
Mutual
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Terrorism
Addition
Developments
Latest
Region
Tackled
Talks
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The venerable Robert E. Lee has taken some vicious hits, as dishonest or misinformed advocates among political interest groups and in academia attempt to twist yesterday's America into a fantasy that might better service the political issues of today.
Jim Webb / Former United States Senator
Academia
Fantasy
Groups
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Vicious
Yesterday
Advocate
Among
Attempt
Dishonest
Hits
Lee
Robert
Service
Twist
Venerable
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I know what it's like to lose your home. I know what it's like to be hungry. I know what it's like to lose a family member because of a lack of health care. So all of these things aren't just political issues for me. All of these things are personal to me.
Jaime Harrison /
Health
Care
Health Care
Hungry
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To begin with, I've always known that I was a little bit different. And, I have a lot of relatives who own farms. I grew up in the American South where political issues and issues of justice were at the forefront. What I do now is a combination of all these factors.
Cary Fowler / Agriculturalist
Combination
Factors
Farms
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Forefront
Relatives
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I have a lot of stands on a lot of political issues. I'm very big on campaign finance reform. I still think most Americans aren't aware of how the dumping of big corporate dollars and private donor dollars has totally corrupted the political system and taken it away from them.
Morgan Fairchild / Actress
Finance
Campaign Finance
Campaign Finance Reform
Corporate
Dollars
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Campaign
Donor
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Stands
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Most comics point out what everyone else is thinking but hadn't thought of verbalizing. I guess, in a way, that makes most comics seers. It just depends in what category - some choose to be the seers of relationships, some are seers of racial issues, and some are seers of political issues.
Maz Jobrani / Comedian
Political Issues
Category
Everyone Else
Racial
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I have a very strong political outlook, and that is something I'd like to take more responsibility for in my life. I don't believe in utilising certain aspects of the power I have with celebrity to push that forward, but I would like to make some films that address some of those political issues.
Kiefer Sutherland / Actor
Outlook
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Life Power Believe
Aspects
Push
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I am honored to serve on the Board of Visitors for Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. Being the first board member from Latin America, I hope to provide insight into the economical, social and political issues facing the region, and continue to grow and strengthen this prestigious institution.
Ricardo Salinas Pliego /
Honored
Insight
Latin
Latin America
Political Issues
Prestigious
University
Visitors
Board
Economical
Facing
Foreign
Institution
Member
Provide
Region
Serve
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As an adult, I've always found the stereotype that Jews are liberal a curious one; my parents' circle was predominantly conservative, not just on Israel but on most political issues. Most of all, they were intensely (and this is a word I remember repeating in my own angry adolescent dialogues with myself) tribal.
Rick Perlstein / Historian
Angry
Political Issues
Stereotype
Myself Always Political
Adolescent
Circle
Intensely
Jews
Liberal
Repeating
Tribal
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My sense of politics and justice was deeply shaped in adolescence by my involvement with the underground punk - rock scene, and though lots of social and political issues had come forth in my comics, it wasn't until my late 20s that I felt properly equipped to address certain issues of race, power, and violence in my work.
Nate Powell / Novelist
Adolescence
Involvement
Issues
Late
Political Issues
Punk
Race
Scene
Violence
Address
Lots
Comics
Deeply
Equipped
Forth
Shaped
Rock
Properly
Underground
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