Phil Donahue Quotes
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We [in USA] have people honestly believing that, if a president calls a war, you have to shut up and sing. That is not the nation my mother raised me to pledge my allegiance to. We should speak out. We sent thousands of Americans to foreign battlefields to protect our way of life, which includes free speech. If you're not going to use it, it's already lost. We'll find a Mussolini who will tell us what's good for us.
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I have had time to analyze my feelings. I am certain that they are totally neurotic, sexist, silly, and a big waste of time.
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Some people are uncomfortable with the idea that humans belong to the same class of animals as cats and cows and raccoons. They're like the people who become successful and then don't want to be reminded of the old neighborhood.
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I have been in the witness protection program for the last three weeks. I campaigned for Ralph Nader. I'm now living as a woman in Mississippi.
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Miss Child is never bashful with butter.
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The biggest threat to this country isn't the Russians. It's our own inability to make democracy or capitalism work.
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Recognition should come to the reporter who uncovers public cheating or proves a convicted man innocent.
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Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval.
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What really keeps me going is the constant belief that it could all disappear tomorrow.
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If Stalin ever told me to urinate, I'm not sure I'd be able to.
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I have moved from certainty to doubt, from devotion to rebellion.
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I certainly think we have an emergency in media, and we gotta fix it.
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Cindy Sheehan is one tough mother. And nothing you say or anyone else is gonna slow her down.
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There's a reason we seperate Church and State. The reason for the richness and the diversity of religion in this nation is because of the seperation of Church and State, and there are people out there who can't wait to make this nation a nation of one religion... THEIR religion.
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There is no democracy without dissent.
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Its like threading a needle while walking on a water bed.
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Is it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is physical, silent, and predictable?
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Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery.
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The Commission on Presidential Debates is a corrupt stranglehold on our democracy.
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Airlines are interesting. They not only favor celebrities, they court them.
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Everybody is under pressure to shut up and sing.
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The establishment people tell us that if the workers wanted to share the profits, it was called communism. When management wants to share profits, it's called a bonus.
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In reality, the most important things happen when you don't look for them.
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I find celebrity status difficult to bear when I am in the company of my mother.
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The radio of my youth ... is now a quaint memory replaced by computer hard drives.
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Television is not the exclusive target of promoters. Is Superman really worthy of a Newsweek cover?
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December 25th has become guilt and obligation.
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Will you remember me when I'm gone?
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When I was a kid, people who got divorced were people who had no gumption.
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Oprah is more than an institution. Oprah is a very special star in the firmament. I can't imagine a greater success than she's enjoyed.
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