#controversial

I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has changed. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

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I just have my characters say my controversial opinions and then hide behind them. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

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I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

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I've been a very effective leader in the gay rights movement, though at times I've been controversial. ↗

— Jean O'Leary

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...they needed someone to explain, to spin, the parts of the tale that couldn't be suppressed. Someone reputable and educated. Someone brilliant yet absolutely committed to the faith. Someone like my father. ↗

— Martha N. Beck

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If you've got a big mouth and you're controversial, you're going to get attention. ↗

— Simon Cowell

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When The Simpsons came around, there really was nothing else like it on TV. It's hard to imagine, but when Fox first took the plunge with it, it was considered controversial to put animation on prime time. ↗

— Matt Groening

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There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists. ↗

— Cullen Hightower

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Sense data are much more controversial than qualia, because they are associated with a controversial theory of perception - that one perceives the world by perceiving one's sense-data, or something like that. ↗

— David Chalmers

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I've never intended to be controversial but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is. ↗

— Steven Morrissey

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