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“The term 'cyberutopian' tends to be used only in the context of critique. Calling someone a cyberutopian implies that he or she has an unrealistic and naively overinflated sense of what technology makes possible and an insufficient understanding of the forces that govern societies.”

Used Force Understanding Term Technology Calling Critique Insufficient Calling Someone

Author:Ethan Zuckerman

“Calling someone a monster does not make him more guilty; it makes him less so by classing him with beasts and devils.”

Doe Calling Devil Monsters Guilty Beast Calling Someone

Author:Mary McCarthy

“I think calling someone a character is a compliment.”

Thinking Character Calling Compliment Calling Someone

Author:Errol Morris

“Calling someone a drama queen is so negative. Why not 'content creator'?”

Comedy Human Nature Calling Drama Negative Individuality Creator Social Media Queens Why Not Calling Someone

Author:Lena Dunham

“You can say "ass," but you can't say "asshole." That's why I always cringe when a character in a TV show refers to someone as an "ass." Unless you're British, calling someone an ass really doesn't work. But those are the rules of television. You can be a dirtbag, but not a scumbag.”

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Author:Gilbert Gottfried

“I hate phone calls so I believe in a telephone armistice. To me, the idea of calling someone unprompted is basically saying, 'Hey, stop whatever you're doing and talk to me right now.”

Believe Ideas Hate I Believe Calling Right Now I Hate Phones I Believe In Hey Telephones Phone Calls Talk To Me Armistice Calling Someone

Author:Alexis Ohanian

“If a person was accused of being a racist when he was young - he said some racially insensitive thing or someone had him on tape calling someone the n-word or whatever - and then you fast forward and he feels, Oh, back then I didn't say this or that. He's not thinking about the person that he hurt when he said what he said, or however it came out, or the effects that it could have had. He's not thinking about it. He's thinking about his own self and how he feels.”

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Author:Nate Parker

“I always look at films as real stories with real people in real situations. That's why I struggle with the whole notion of calling someone the 'good guy' or the 'bad guy,' because I think we all have potential to do good things and all have the potential to do bad things.”

People Thinking Looks Real Whole Stories Film Guy Situation Struggle Calling Good Things Notion Bad Things Bad Guys Good Guy Real Story Calling Someone

Author:Guy Pearce

“We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.'”

Believe Night Names Calling Institutions Trade Investing Investors Romantic Love One Night One Night Stand Calling Someone

Author:Warren Buffett

“Everyone is afraid of you and when folk are afraid of a person it usually means the person is cruel in some way, and I think you are cruel, Miss Marquess, but please don’t punish me for saying it. I think you know you’re cruel. I think you like being cruel. I think calling you cruel is the same as calling someone else kind. And I don’t want to run errands for someone cruel.”

Thinking Knows Way Want Kind Mean Persons Running Missing Please Calling Folks Errands Calling Someone

Book:The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

Source: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

“In the ensuing silence, I have time to contemplate the word cute— how dismissive it is, how it’s the equivalent of calling someone little, how it makes a person into a baby, how the word is a neon sign burning through the dark reading, “Feel Bad About Yourself.”

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Book:Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Source: Will Grayson, Will Grayson

“Patriotism means advocating plunder in the interests of the privileged class of your particular country. The time will soon come when calling someone a patriot will be the deepest insult.”

Mean Country Interest Class Particular Calling Insult Patriotism Patriot Privileged Advocating Plunder Calling Someone

Author:Ernest Belfort Bax

“I’m constantly criticised for being too skinny. I’m trying to gain weight but my body won’t let it happen. What people don’t understand is that calling someone too skinny is the same as calling someone too fat, it’s not a nice feeling.”

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Author:Kendall Jenner