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  • I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.

    Mean   People   Trying  
    Source: www.believermag.com
  • Overconsumption is the mother of all environmental problems. For the first time in the history of capitalism, consumption itself has become controversial.

  • Imagine a legal system in which lawyers were equated with the clients they defended and were condemned for representing controversial or despised clients.

    Alan Dershowitz (2009). “Letters to a Young Lawer (Easyread Large Edition)”, p.44, ReadHowYouWant.com
  • A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system.

    Children   Ideas   May  
    FaceBook post by Jane Smiley from Jul 28, 2012
  • Like Richard Ellmann on James Joyce, Arnold Rampersad on Ralph Ellison is in a class of its own. His masterful and magisterial book is the most powerful and profound treatment of Ellison's undeniable artistic genius, deep personal flaws, and controversial political evolution. And he reveals an Ellison unbeknownst to all of us. From now on, all serious scholarship on Ellison must begin with Rampersad's instant and inimitable classic in literary biography.

    Powerful   Book   Class  
  • It used to be controversial whether smoking caused lung cancer, it used to be controversial whether HIV caused AIDS. Now, there are a few mavericks who deny those things. In the case of climate change, I think the debate is going the same way in that there is a strong consensus that it is a serious matter.

  • Global warming is controversial, of course, but the controversy is mainly over whether human activity is driving it.

    "Monster snowstorms still spell global warming" by Michio Kaku, www.cnn.com. January 28, 2011.
  • I want to be remembered as a woman who represented God but was controversial, stood by what she believed and wouldn't allow other people's opinions of her to manipulate her directions. As someone who helped others, loved others deeply even if they tried to hurt her, was there for people when she could be, and ultimately made everything she did about God and not just about herself.

    Hurt   People   Opinion  
    Source: aalbc.com
  • To get some of the substance of why [Michael] Flynn [is Defense Adviser] is so controversial.

  • I'm a storyline. I'm the chosen one for negative stories and controversial things. If I worried about it all, I would go insane.

  • You know, the only reason net neutrality is controversial is because it's complicated.

    Source: www.npr.org
  • The most controversial issues of the twenty-first century will pertain to the ends and means of modifying human behavior and who shall determine them. The first educational question will not be 'what knowledge is of the most worth?' but 'what kinds of human beings do we wish to produce?' The possibilities virtually defy our imagination.

  • I have a controversial opinion about evil, because I don't believe evil exists. I believe that actions are dark and destructive but I don't believe evil is a thing. I believe it's a by-product of man's fear and desperation.

    Believe   Dark   Men  
  • I don't mind being controversial. Even Jesus wasn't loved in his day.

  • I don’t think it’s that controversial. I’m really in favor of legalizing marijuana. I thought people would be more offended by [this series] than they are. I’m surprised they weren’t.

  • I just hope, in all honesty, that Steve will walk if he hits it, you know what I mean? I would hate to be bringing up my bent finger as a controversial decision. I hope he'll go nice and easy - caught in the covers or bowled middle stump. I just hope he doesn't get his pads in the way or his bat's wide enough to get a thin edge [on Steve Waugh's last innings]

    Honesty   Hate   Nice  
  • Let the women play in more feminine clothes like they do in volleyball. They could, for example, have tighter shorts. Female players are pretty, if you excuse me for saying so, and they already have some different rules to men - such as playing with a lighter ball. That decision was taken to create a more female aesthetic, so why not do it in fashion?

    "Make-up and short shorts improving women's football, says Brazilian official". www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2015.
  • I'm always told that what I say is controversial. Why is it controversial? Because I speak from a tradition that has now fallen out of favor with the dominant media in this country. And so when I say things like marriage should be between one man and one woman, I'm called a bigot.

    Country   Men   Media  
    "Rick Santorum, 'It Takes a Family'". Interview with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. August 4, 2005.
  • I know Reverend Jesse Jackson is controversial, and not a popular figure with many, but he hired me in 1984. He gave me my first job in politics.

    Interview with Eric Golub, tygrrrrexpress.com. November 8, 2008.
  • I'm constantly changing, I'm constantly growing. I think I'm a little controversial... I just try and keep some mystery, so hopefully people can't really put their finger on it.

    "A Guided Tour of Evan Rachel Wood: A Woman We Love" by Julian Sanction, www.esquire.com. April 17, 2011.
  • The one thing ... that is truly ugly is the climate of hate and intimidation, created by a noisy few, which makes the decent majority reluctant to air in public their views on anything controversial. ... Where all pretend to be thinking alike, it's likely that no one is thinking at all.

    Hate   Thinking   Air  
  • Controversial' as we all know, is often a euphemism for 'interesting and intelligent.

  • Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.

  • Dollywood is a family park, and all families are welcome. We do have a policy about profanity or controversial messages on clothing or signs. It is to protect the individual wearing or carrying them, as well as to keep down fights or problems by those opposed to it at the park.

  • Everything I think seems to be controversial, so I feel like I need to just go away for a second and put it all down on paper until the storm passes.

    Source: www.macleans.ca
  • Obviously this prison has been controversial ever since the first detainees arrived in Guantanamo more than 14 years ago.

    Years   Firsts   Prison  
    "Obama Proposes Plan To Close Guantanamo Bay Detention Center". "All Things Considered" with David Welna, www.npr.org. February 23, 2016.
  • Media economics now are so dependent on people saying controversial things and an entire mini-news cycle springing up around this thing that that person said. It really behooves people in the public eye to know what's in the zeitgeist and to have opinions on it. It becomes a thing of is this genuine, or is this just a way for celebrities to keep themselves relevant in a time when this is obviously a hot topic?

    Eye   People   Hot  
    Source: therumpus.net
  • In one sphere above all others, Anne Boleyn still had the power to influence him, and that was in the case of church reform. Anne was a passionate and sincere evangelical, the owner of a library of controversial reformist literature, and she was sympathetic to radical and even Lutheran ideas.

    Ideas   Church   Library  
  • My "home" is a controversial topic. I don't exactly have one. I live all over the world.

    "Lady Gaga On Love and Lies". Harper’s Bazaar Interview, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 5, 2014.
  • The problem of sexual minorities in Russia has been deliberately made controversial in Russia. There is no such problem in Russia.

    Interview with Charlie Rose, en.kremlin.ru. September 29, 2015.
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