Michael Moore quotes - page 11

Librarians see themselves as the guardians of the First Amendment. You got a thousand Mother Joneses at the barricades! I love the librarians, and I am grateful for them! (Michael Moore)
I'd feel bad if I had you come into a theater and you leave feeling ripped off. View quote
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I'm used to my films having little effect on making the world a better place. View quote
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Yeah, I think of what I do as a work of journalism. It's more like the op-ed page, though. These are my opinions. My point of view. The opinions are mine and I let you make up your own mind. View quote
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The purpose of art actually is, in many cases, to make you feel quite uncomfortable. Or at least to go to that place that's already of discomfort inside of you and tap into that. View quote
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I don't even like DVDs. Honest to God, in my lifetime, I might have rented a dozen DVDs, literally gone into a video store and rented a dozen DVDs in my lifetime, because I don't like to see movies that way. I like to see them on the big screen. View quote
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I had a newspaper in Flint, Michigan called the 'Flint Voice,' and so it was a, you know, underground, alternative newspaper that I edited and put out for about ten years. View quote
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I like BuzzFeed, and I understand the pressure that online reporters are under. But I think everyone agrees that, despite all the awesome kitten gifs, they're still obligated to be skeptical of government officials and ask the right questions. View quote
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I went without health insurance until 'Roger & Me,' basically - from about age 20 till about age 35. With 'Roger & Me,' I joined the Directors Guild and the Writers Guild, and since then I've had excellent health care managed by the union. View quote
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The health insurance industry does not like to pay out claims, because they don't make money. The only way they can make a profit is if they don't pay for your operation. If they pay for your operation and your doctor's appointment and your pharmaceuticals, they don't make any money. View quote
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Oprah's got good politics, she's got a good heart, and she'll have us all up Jazzercising at six in the morning. This cannot be a bad thing, and reading a book while we're Jazzercising. So America would be better off if Oprah were president. (Michael Moore)
One thing I've learned about death threats is that they're great, actually. You should actually be grateful for death threats because those who are taking the time to threaten you that way are getting it out of their system. That's really what they rant to do, yell at you, and they want to threaten you. View quote
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I was one of the first 18-year-olds in the United States elected to public office right after 18-year-olds got the right to vote back in the early '70s. I ran for the Board of Education. View quote
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I say stupid white men are always the problem. That's never going to change. View quote
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Part of my job is to read the paper, watch C-Span and show things that haven't been shown or were buried. View quote
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If we didn't have Social Security, our seniors would live mostly in poverty. You'd have another 18 million people in poverty. View quote
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I've never supported this concept of going after Napster. I think the rock bands who fought this were wrong. View quote
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I've always been sort of confused by the trajectory my life has taken. I was supposed to be on an assembly line building Buicks. View quote
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I'm not a pundit. I'm not an analyst. View quote
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I'm from the Midwest, and guys like me don't go on diets. We don't do well on spinning classes. View quote
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I'm caught up probably just as much in the consumer culture as the next person. (Michael Moore)
I'm actually a fairly conservative person. I live a very conservative lifestyle. View quote
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I'll tell you who doesn't have any personal responsibility. Companies like General Electric and others who pay absolutely no income tax. View quote
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I take much of the attacks and the criticism toward me as being very class-based, but as Americans we don't like to acknowledge that reality. View quote
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I rallied against Clinton when he was in office. I didn't vote for him in '96. I didn't vote for Gore in 2000. View quote
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