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  • I think there probably was a time when I was less provocative. That's when I was married.

    Source: www.independent.ie
  • I ran through the manuscript in the space of a day, much as one might pick compulsively at a box of chocolates. It was simply too provocative to put down. Has the potential of being highly influential inside the field and among an informed public.

    Space   Chocolate   Might  
  • When I write stuff that's provocative, I want people to think about that, too. I'm in between a pop musician and an artist in that way. I want people to be part of the music as they listen, but I also want them to think: What was that?

    Source: pitchfork.com
  • I found so much fun in the light shows and the multimedia shows of the hippies. That was when I was a student in the 1960s, and I was in New York, so I learned how to deal with writing, recording sound of other people, performance art - because that was a new territory, and I liked everything that was new and provocative. That interested me more than becoming anything specific.

    Art   New York   Fun  
    Source: thequietus.com
  • People have this idea that if you're sexual and beautiful and provocative, then there's nothing else you could possibly offer.

  • Nothing I do is salacious or provocative or shocking for the sake of that.

    Source: collider.com
  • I was rejected many times. I cried. I was told that female actors are replaceable in films because they just stand behind a guy anyway. I'm still used to being paid - like most actresses around the world - a lot less than the boys. We're told we're too provocative or that being sexy is our strength, which it can be, and it is, but that's not the only thing we have. But women have incredible endurance and incredible strength. Your ability to deal with it is within you.

    Sexy   Boys   Guy  
    Source: www.glamour.com
  • The use of military force against Iran would be very dangerous. It would be very provocative. The only thing worse would be Iran being a nuclear power.

    Rudy Giuliani's speech at the MSNBC's Republican first presidential candidates debate at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, www.nytimes.com. May 3, 2007.
  • White Collar' is a show about the unlikely pairing of an FBI agent and an ex-con solving smart, glamorous, interesting and provocative crimes in a sometimes very funny way.

  • I once said to a boy, ‘You’re a really good kisser,’ and he said, ‘You’re only as good as the person you’re kissing.' I think it’s the same with the music. If someone [says], ‘Your music is really provocative,’ I’m only as provocative as the person that’s listening to it.

    Kissing   Boys   Thinking  
    "FKA Twigs Is a Woman of Mystery -- And She Likes It That Way" by Devon Maloney, www.billboard.com. August 18, 2014.
  • I think we give Jimmy Carter too much credit to think he knew what was going to happen when he used the word "apartheid." It's provocative, but it was like a nuclear bomb in Israel. And yet that word is used all the time in the Israeli press. There's a double standard there. He probably picked it up in Israel, as it's commonly discussed. I'd be a little surprised if he understood how it was going to be used against him. He doesn't have a highly developed emotional detector. As a politician, that was a weakness.

    Source: www.guernicamag.com
  • That's what's provocative to me - that we can victimize people, we can torture and traumatize people with no consciousness that it is a shameful thing to do.

    Source: www.progressive.org
  • It's more provocative to say 'might still have sex' because - it doesn't matter to me. There's not, like, one that hurts my feelings and one that doesn't.

    Hurt   Sex   Feelings  
    Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
  • I'd rather not deal with such questions, because anyway it's like shearing a pig - lots of screams but little wool.

    Pigs   Wool   Littles  
    "Putin: NSA whistleblower Snowden is in Moscow airport". Speech on an official visit to Finland, www.theguardian.com. June 26, 2013.
  • I want you cool and regal, earthy and impertinent, spoiling for a fight and abashed at your own temper. I want you flushed with exertion and rosy with sleep. I want you teasing and provocative, somber and thoughtful. I want every emotion, every mood, every year in a lifetime to come. I want you beside me, to encourage and argue with me, to help me and let me help you. I want to be your champion and lover, your mentor and student.

    Love   Sleep   Fighting  
  • If you'd like to meet some fully realized characters while learning some specifics of Zimbabwe's postcolonial struggles, as I did, you're likely to come away with a vague feeling of dissatisfaction. If you're willing to settle for first-rate writing and provocative meditations on memory, corruption and loss, they are all here in abundance.

  • I think it's a real debate how big NATO should be and whether or not it's more provocative than good. Whenever there's a war fought, our soldiers fight it and our dollars pay for it. And, really, our decisions need to be about our national security.

    Real   War   Fighting  
    Source: www.realclearpolitics.com
  • Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.

    Ronald Reagan (1968). “I goofed: the wise and curious sayings of Ronald Reagan, 33rd Governor of California”
  • The ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus taught his students that what happens to them is not as important as what they believe happens to them. In this engaging and provocative book, Eldon Taylor provides his readers with specific ways in which their beliefs can lead to success or failure in their life undertakings. Each chapter provides nuggets of wisdom as well as road maps for guiding them toward greater self-understanding, balance, responsibility, and compassion.

  • Few realize that the world of modern mathematics is rich with vivid images and provocative ideas.

    Math   Ideas   Vivid  
    Ivars Peterson (1998). “The Mathematical Tourist: New and Updated Snapshots of Modern Mathematics”, p.6, Macmillan
  • There's nothing wrong with provocative art work: I even look forward to the day when I can take pictures which will disturb even me.

    Art   Looks   Provocative  
  • I don't want to be too 'classic' because it's not in the DNA of Gucci. You need to be a little bit provocative.

    Dna   Needs   Want  
    Interview with Nick Smith, www.gq.com.au. April 19, 2012.
  • Pop music seems to be the way radio programming has chosen to support female artists. They have chosen not to support a more provocative voice from women, which I find disappointing.

    Artist   Voice   Support  
  • For 30 years I have used my platform in provocative ways to encourage a healthy dialogue about important issues, including HIV/AIDS, war, and homelessness. I'm well aware of the risks that come with this approach, and if this encourages further awareness and discussion about critical issues then all-the-better.

    War   Years   Issues  
    "Kenneth Cole in hot water again over Syria-related tweet". www.today.com. September 6, 2013.
  • There is a need, especially right now in America, to be a bit provocative.

    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • I like to be provocative.

    Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
  • I thought I could get everyone's attention by coming up with something that's provocative.

    Source: ygfamilyy.tumblr.com
  • It is frequently said that speech that is intentionally provocative and therefore invites physical retaliation can be punished or suppressed. Yet, plainly no such general proposition can be sustained. Quite the contrary.... The provocative nature of the communication does not make it any the less expression. Indeed, the whole theory of free expression contemplates that expression will in many circumstances be provocative and arouse hostility. The audience, just as the speaker, has an obligation to maintain physical restraint.

  • I have been a provoker and I'll probably always be one in the public arena for the rest of my life.

    Source: pitchfork.com
  • There are things going on in galleries recently that have shocked me. What I'm going to say is really controversial, but what I find the most provocative is the commerciality of art in general. And the fact that a lot of people have forgotten what the meaning of art is and what the intention behind it is.

    Art   People   Forgotten  
    Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
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