Claim Quotes
1458 Claim quotes by 1109 unique authors
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All I held against Jews was that so many Jews actually were hypocrites in their claim to be friends of the American black man.
— Malcolm X
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I could make a martyrly claim to having been the victim of childhood enslavement when I report that I started regularly cooking with my mother…
— Alice Dreger
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Given the scale of trauma caused by the genocide, Rwanda has indicated that however thin the hope of a community can be, a hero always…
— Wole Soyinka
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My mum was a big fan of E.L.O. and Elvis Costello. She used to play that, consistently, all the time when we were kids. And…
— James Vincent McMorrow
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Many of the benefits from keeping terrorism fear levels high are obvious. Private corporations suck up massive amounts of Homeland Security cash as long as…
— Glenn Greenwald
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Whether you like it or not, when you claim to be a Christian, the world takes note.
— Monica Johnson
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Many people can rightfully claim, as much as anyone can rightfully claim anything, that much of their lives have been spent stumbling through a cloud…
— Aberjhani
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Monorails have their own fan club, which claims more than 2,500 members who swap monorail toys and trinkets. Modern light rail can claim no such…
— Brendan I. Koerner
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I cannot claim to have had a hard time publishing.
— Alice Walker
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Introversion, when embraced, is a wellspring of riches. It took me years to acknowledge this simple reality, to claim my home, and to value all…
— Laurie Helgoe
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We have very pretty Dutch gardens, so called, in America, but their chief claim to being Dutch is that they are set with bulbs, and…
— Alice Morse Earle
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Only one country and one system is unable to recognize our accomplishments: Russia. They make the lying claim that our road construction program is only…
— Fritz Todt
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To the darkness and the night, the spirits seem to have a natural claim - it is their realm; the boldest of us have sometimes…
— Richard Jefferies
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While no Muslim worthy of his name would lose his respect for God, the Prophet Muhammad, and other symbols of Islam, he might well refrain…
— Mustafa Akyol
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When I talk about the end of apartheid, I prefer not to claim the honor that I have ended it.
— F. W. de Klerk
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Along with all the other stunning statistics China can provide, it can also claim to be the world leader in making energy from human excrement.…
— Rose George
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The American claim that the bombing of North Vietnam was directed against military targets does not withstand direct investigation.
— Noam Chomsky
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No movie can claim to be a work of philosophy. They fulfill a totally different need in people.
— Bruno Dumont
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Nobody can legitimately claim to be a marine ecologist and conservationist while continuing to eat fish. It is the ultimate form of hypocrisy.
— Paul Watson
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The goal of socialism is a fairer allocation of economic resources, which its advocates often claim will also be a less wasteful one. Socialism is…
— Virginia Postrel
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Any simple claim that you need religion to be good is flat wrong.
— Paul Bloom
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As in Pakistan, Tunisian and Egyptian human rights activists are concerned that any censorship mechanisms, once put in place, will inevitably be abused for political…
— Rebecca MacKinnon
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With the rise of software patents, engineers coding new stuff - whether within a large software company or as kids writing smartphone apps - are…
— Jonathan Zittrain
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Extremist perspectives win sympathy and recruits because they offer narratives that claim to identify deep injustices and enemies.
— Jonas Gahr Store
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You know, I only claim to play three instruments. My dad is a banker, but a drummer at heart; and my mom used to teach…
— Charlie Worsham
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