“I'm not the kind to go out and tell people 'Oh yeah I'm a gold medalist.'” Quote by Kristin Armstrong
“I don't think that the Olympic games are a good place to bring up any political issues because it should be about the athletes and about coming together. This year's motto was One World, One Dream and to take that away it's just not a good time.” ThinkingWorldDreamTogetherPoliticalAthleteGood TimesMottoOlympic Games Author:Kristin Armstrong
“As a nation, China, is one of the most powerful countries around and if anyone can make something happen, if anything is in their control and they can make things happen and make things the best and look at their country as a beautiful place to come visit and our people are great they're going to do it. I feel like everything that hasn't been perfect over there is out of their hands. They've done everything they can to make it perfect.” PeopleCountryDoneBeautifulPerfectPowerfulThings HappenMost PowerfulBeautiful Places Author:Kristin Armstrong
“The racism is so profound and the recognition - the kind of deep recognition that you have to humiliate. It's not about to killing or torture. It's to humiliate. So the oppressed feel degraded. And both the oppressed understand and the oppressors understand. It's constant.” KindRacismProfoundKillingRecognitionTortureOppressedHumiliate Author:Noam Chomsky
“The United States is a special case, and for me, very interesting. It's studied carefully and we know a lot about it. One of the most striking features of the elections is the class-based character of the vote. Now, class is not discussed or even measured in the United States. In fact, the word is almost obscene, except for the term "middle class." And you can't get exact class data; the census doesn't even give class data. But you can sort of see the significance of it just from income figures.” GivingCharacterTermInterestingSpecialVoteElectionMiddle ClassSignificanceVery InterestingObscene Author:Noam Chomsky
“Going back to why people don't vote, I presume the main reason is because they understand without reading political science texts that it doesn't make any difference how they vote. It's not going to affect policy, so why bother?” PeopleReasonPoliticalReadingPolicyVoteBotherPolitical ScienceWhy Bother Author:Noam Chomsky
“There's a very striking fact about the elections which you can't miss if you looked at the red-and-blue electoral map the next day: it's the same political landscape that you saw during the Civil War - nothing much has changed except the party names.” WarPoliticalPartyMissingChangedElectionCivil War Author:Noam Chomsky
“By what you decide to put on your body, for example, you're already making a personal judgement. That's an incredible thing that happens...we set our own standards even before we walk out the door. Most of the time, those standards are self insulting. Most of the time we belittle ourselves, because we can't have the things we think we're suppose to have. That's what we've bought into.” ThinkingIncrediblesJudgementInsultingBelittle Author:Morgan Spurlock
“We have never had class-based parties. We've had parties run by the business classes. There's slight variations. Like in the New Deal period, there was a lot of popular activism, so things shifted slightly, but not much.” RunningPartyActivism Author:Noam Chomsky
“I think we had an incredible opportunity to capitalize on that right up to Libya. I think we've made a step toward something that might be a mistake. I personally believe Saddam Hussein and Ghadafi are not good guys by any judgement, and there are ways to deal with it beyond what we did. Once you decide to attack, it paints an ill-conceived picture.” ThinkingBelieveGuyOpportunityMistakePaintIncrediblesJudgementGood Guy Author:Morgan Spurlock