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Fame doesn't redeem you. It takes a long time to get there, and when you're finally there, you realise you still have authority figures telling you what to do.
Cyndi Lauper
Time
You
Long
Long Time
Finally
Telling
Takes
Redeem
Still
Fame
Get
Authority
Authority Figures
Realise
Figures
Before people break the law, they need strong families - adult authority figures and the love of the family. When they step over the line, I'm a Tory. I believe in tough responses, in the law coming down on people like a ton of bricks.
David Cameron
Love
Family
People
Strong
Law
Tough
Before
Down
Believe
Responses
Tory
Adult
Step
Over
Like
Coming
Line
Families
Authority
Authority Figures
Break
Figures
Bricks
Ton
Need
I just remember that pivotal moment when you're a young adult, and you realize that these authority figures are human beings, too, and they're figuring out their lives just as you are, and they're flawed.
Gia Coppola
You
Remember
Young
Too
Out
Adult
Authority
Authority Figures
Human
Just
Young Adult
Human Beings
Pivotal
Flawed
Realize
Moment
Figures
Figuring
Beings
Lives
When you mimic everyone, sometimes authority figures really don't appreciate it which is not an original story. And pretty much every comedian has some tale of that.
Hank Azaria
You
Sometimes
Every
Mimic
Everyone
Some
Pretty
Tale
Comedian
Authority
Authority Figures
Story
Which
Much
Really
Figures
Original
Appreciate
People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures.
Martha Beck
People
Doctors
Authority
Authority Figures
Afraid
Figures
Medical
A state of shock is what results when a gap opens up between events and our initial ability to explain them. When we find ourselves in that position, without a story, without our moorings, a great many people become vulnerable to authority figures telling us to fear one another and relinquish our rights for the greater good.
Naomi Klein
Good
Great
Rights
People
Events
Fear
Become
State
Our
Ourselves
Telling
Find
Ability
Relinquish
Results
Between
Opens
Another
Greater
Vulnerable
Greater Good
Without
Up
Shock
Authority
Authority Figures
Story
Explain
Them
Us
Figures
Many
Initial
Gap
Position
I was very head-strong, and this was the Vietnam War era - You did not listen to your parents or other authority figures. You didn't share their values. No one did in my circle. It was OK to rebel.
Frances Arnold
War
You
Circle
Values
Parents
Other
OK
No-One
Share
Era
Very
Authority
Did
Authority Figures
Listen
Vietnam
Vietnam War
Your
Figures
Rebel