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Michael Moore
Michael Moore
American Activist
Born: Apr 23, 1954
Believe Me People Think Time You
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Back in the late '90s, I put together a humorous newsmagazine program called 'The Awful Truth' for Bravo. We helped one guy get an organ transplant whose insurance company had refused to pay. I thought, if we could save a guy's life in a 10-minute segment on cable, what could we do if we devoted a whole movie to a whole bunch of people? Michael Moore
Life Truth Together People Thought Organ Pay Late Humorous Back Guy Segment Could Cable Had Put Devoted Insurance Bunch Get Bravo Refused Movie Transplant Helped Whole Company Whose Awful Program Save
If you're white, and you really want to help change things, why not start with yourself? Michael Moore
You Change Yourself White Change Things Want Really Help Why Why Not Things Start
The entire business world has figured out how to make huge buckets of money without hiring us to work for them. Michael Moore
Work Business World Money Out Entire Buckets Make Without How Hiring Huge Them Us Figured Business World
I've always felt so grateful that I dropped out of school, that I never had to do a thesis. I wouldn't know how to organise and structure myself to film so that B follows A and C follows B. Michael Moore
Myself Grateful School Out Follows Structure Never Had Dropped Know Felt Always How Organise Thesis Film
I think that capitalism in general is responsible, not for the worldwide recession, but for a lot of suffering, both in the United States and around the world. Michael Moore
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My employees, there's no deductible in your health care. No deductible, absolutely not. You get paid sick days, as many as you need, personal days. Michael Moore
Health You Care Employees Sick Absolutely Absolutely Not Days Health Care Get Personal Paid Your Many Need
Nobody was talking about healthcare until 'Sicko' came out. Michael Moore
Out About Nobody Until Talking Healthcare Came
I mean if politics was my main motivation I would be doing politics. But I'm a filmmaker. Michael Moore
Politics Would Would-Be Main Doing Motivation Mean Filmmaker
And realising that humour is the most powerful way to make a political statement and say the things that you want to say. And it's not used enough, at least not in the U.S. Michael Moore
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I'm tired of this discussion of capitalism and socialism; we live in the 21st century, we need an economic system that has democracy as its underpinnings and an ethical code. Michael Moore
Tired Democracy Capitalism Socialism Live 21st Century System Economic Economic System Discussion Century Ethical Code Need
Capitalism would have never let me be a filmmaker, living in Flint, Michigan with a high school education. I was going to have to make that happen myself. Michael Moore
Education Myself Me Capitalism School Living High Would High School Never Make Michigan Going Happen Flint Filmmaker
I was taught from a very early age that it was probably the most American thing you can do is to question what's going on and to try to fix things that you see that aren't right. I believed that as a young person, and I believe that today. Michael Moore
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I was one of the first 18-year-olds in the United States elected to public office right after 18-year-olds got the right to vote back in the early '70s. I ran for the Board of Education. Michael Moore
Education Vote First Back Ran States Got Office After Board Public Elected Public Office United United States Right Early
'Champagne' and 'breathmint' are the first two words all Oscar winners hear. Michael Moore
Words First Winners Hear Champagne Oscar Two
I think movies are too long. Michael Moore
Long Think Too I Think Movies
I respect the fact that people have worked hard all week and want to go to the movies on the weekend and be entertained. Michael Moore
Respect People Entertained Fact Week Weekend Go Want Movies Worked Hard
We have to see that we're a part of each other, and we have to take care of each other. The reason why they have universal health care in Canada and Britain, these other places? Because they believe if one suffers, everybody suffers. Michael Moore
Health Care Believe Other Everybody See Take Take Care Part Health Care Because Canada Places Reason Each Why Suffers Universal Britain
As you have fewer and fewer voices in a democracy, in a free society, it's not good to limit the number of voices. Michael Moore
Good Democracy You Free Free Society Society Voices Limit Fewer Number
I don't believe that the Bush Administration had something to do with September 11th. I do believe that there were a lot of warning signals, but I don't think they were ignored on purpose - Bush just wanted to go to the ranch for a month. Michael Moore
September Believe Think Ranch Month Signals Administration Something Purpose Had Go Were Lot Just Wanted Bush Bush Administration Warning Ignored September 11th
Healthcare should be between the doctor and the patient. And if the doctor says something needs to be done, the government should guarantee it gets paid for. Michael Moore
Government Needs Doctor Patient Says Something Between Healthcare Gets Done Should Paid Guarantee
No 22-year-old should have to enter the real world already in a virtual debtors' prison. Michael Moore
World Prison Virtual Enter Real Debtors The Real World Real World Should
I want Americans to realize that we are the owners of this country, and that one person can make a difference. Michael Moore
Country Make Make A Difference Person American Owners Difference Want Realize
The Justice Department needs to investigate how Goldman Sachs was able to steer things in such a manner through their former employees in the Bush administration, so that in the end Goldman's competitors have disappeared and Goldman is left standing. Michael Moore
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If we didn't have Social Security, our seniors would live mostly in poverty. You'd have another 18 million people in poverty. Michael Moore
You People Poverty Seniors Live Our Security Would Mostly Another Social Social Security Million Million People
But I'm not a member of the Democratic Party. If you know anything about me, anybody who's followed me, I'm the anti-Democrat. I have railed against the Democrats for a long time. Michael Moore
Time Me You Long Long Time Party Member Followed About Know Democratic Democratic Party Democrats Anybody Anything Against
A lot of people on Capitol Hill don't want to talk to me. Michael Moore
Me People Hill Talk Lot Want Capitol Capitol Hill
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