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He used to draw Do... NAOMI KLEIN The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights... NAOMI WOLF For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementar... NAOMI JUDD In a fascist system, it's not the lies that count but the muddying. When citizens can't tell... NAOMI WOLF I don't think we spend enough time in reflection and introspection. We don't know who we are... NAOMI JUDD Kim Kardashian's marriage to Kris Humphries famously lasted 72 days, and was reported in the tab... NAOMI WOLF Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical th... NAOMI WOLF As a free-speech advocate, I believe that adults should have access to any material they want. As a ... NAOMI WOLF For Gore 2000, I was a formal campaign adviser: contrary to RNC mythology, my brief was not 'war... NAOMI WOLF Change is the one thing we can be sure of. NAOMI JUDD Parisian women have an inner elegance that's envied the world over. They are so relaxed about ag... NAOMI WATTS Solitude is creativity's best friend, and solitude is refreshment for our souls. NAOMI JUDD Fossil fuels are - they're inherently centralized. And you need a lot of infrastructure to get t... NAOMI KLEIN The more hardcore conservative you are, the more tightly identified you are with defending the inter... NAOMI KLEIN If there is one thing BP's 'watery improv act' made clear, it is that, as a culture, we ... NAOMI KLEIN A state of shock is what results when a gap opens up between events and our initial ability to expla... NAOMI KLEIN Throughout U.S. history, national crises have been used to suspend constitutional protections and at... NAOMI KLEIN When I was about 14, my family emigrated from England to Australia, and we decided to stop in Bali o... NAOMI WATTS I really did have this powerful sense, when I was in New Orleans after the storm, of watching all th... 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NAOMI KLEIN Documentary film without nuanced journalistic sourcing risks being sensational, tendentious or broad... NAOMI WOLF Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn'... NAOMI WATTS Here in Canada, the people who oppose the tar sands most forcefully are Indigenous people living dow... NAOMI KLEIN