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Every year there's five cop shows, five medical shows and five 'Law & Orders,' but when it's a show about women, they want to pit everyone against each other. I don't think they'd do that if it was a guy show. I think there's room for all of us.

~Bonnie Somerville

Topics: About Against Cop Each Every Everyone Five Guy Law Medical Orders Other Pit Room Show Shows Think Us Want Women Year I Think

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Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?

~Bono

Topics: Against Breeds Cheaper Defend Despair Enemies Friends Know Later Make Out Potential Poverty Smarter Than Them Times Turbulent Violence Yourself

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You've got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.

~Bono

Topics: Against Aids Both Got Politics Victims Watch Work You

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When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and the match organizers. But he never fought against me personally. I lost to Bobby before the match because he was already stronger than I. He won normally.

~Boris Spassky

Topics: Against Because Before Bobby Fought He Lost Match Me Never Normally Opponent Organizations Personally Played Producers Stronger Television Than Won

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Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your tanks and not to fight against your own people.

~Boris Yeltsin

Topics: Against Arrest Elected Fight Give House Me Order Ordered Own People President Russia Storm Tanks Turn White White House You Your

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A genocide in Africa has not received the same attention that genocide in Europe or genocide in Turkey or genocide in other part of the world. There is still this kind of basic discrimination against the African people and the African problems.

~Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Topics: Africa African Against Attention Basic Discrimination Europe Genocide Kind Other Part People Problems Received Same Still Turkey World

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I never really tell lies, and sometimes it has worked against me.

~Boy George

Topics: Against Lies Me Never Really Sometimes Tell Worked

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For a long time, I've ranted against naming your startup community 'Silicon Whatever.' Instead, I believe every startup community already has a name. The Boulder startup community is called Boulder. The L.A. startup community is called L.A. The Washington D.C. startup community is called Washington D.C.

~Brad Feld

Topics: Against Believe Boulder Community Every Instead Long Long Time Name Naming Silicon Startup Time Washington Whatever Your I Believe

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For those trying to protect the past, it is a way of retaining power, status, money, a way a life, predictability, comfort, control, and a bunch of other things like that. It is a struggle against the inevitability of change.

~Brad Feld

Topics: Against Bunch Change Comfort Control Inevitability Life Like Money Other Past Power Predictability Protect Retaining Status Struggle Things Those Trying Way

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I have - and always will - stand up against efforts to limit a woman's right to choose.

~Brad Schneider

Topics: Against Always Choose Efforts Limit Right Stand Stand Up Up Will Woman

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