"People are beginning to become disturbingly comfortable with a kind of official hypocrisy. Bizarrely, for instance, we've become numb to the idea that rights aren't absolute but are enjoyed on a kind of sliding scale."

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Matt Taibbi

#Ideas Quotes #Rights Quotes #Hypocrisy Quotes

“Expediency may tip the scales when arguments are nicely balanced.”
“These principles have been proclaimed by God, by the Church, by the Saints, by reason, by Christian morality.”
“I think pure country music includes rock and roll .. I've never been able to get into the further label of country-rock .. how can you define something like that ? - I just say this: It's music. Either it's good or it's bad; either you like it or you don't”
“California Marijuana farmers are worried that radiation from Japan could affect their crops. Or maybe for some strange reason they're just being paranoid.”
“The people can have anything they want, the only problem is they do not want anything.”
“I want to be known for good work first. A good story and good delivery is just that - period.”
“Someday hopefully it wonâ€™t be necessary to allocate a special evening to celebrate where we are and how far weâ€™ve comeâ€¦someday women writers, producers and crew members will be so commonplace, and roles and salaries for actresses will outstrip those for men, and pigs will fly.”
“I think Stella Tennant is amazing. And then I really loved all those 60s society models, like Edie Sedgwick.”

Source : "The 21st Century Girl: Edie Campbell". Interview with J.W. Anderson, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 24, 2013.

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