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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 Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem ...
NAOMI CAMPBELL 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 When I started out modeling, there weren't casting directors and there weren't stylists, so ...
NAOMI CAMPBELL 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...
NAOMI KLEIN That's the trick of free market economic theory: it doesn't just ask you to only be selfish ...
NAOMI KLEIN Am I bossy? Absolutely. I don't like to lose, and if I'm told 'no,' then I find anot...
NAOMI CAMPBELL When I had dark hair I definitely felt that I was more anonymous.
NAOMI WATTS The Heartland Institute, which people mostly only know in terms of the fact that it hosts these annu...
NAOMI KLEIN I've been trying to pinpoint what keeps drawing me back to the Gulf of Mexico, because I'm C...
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