#issue

The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive issue like religion, which is the source of fundamentalism. ↗

— Taslima Nasrin

#against #difficult #fundamentalism #fundamentalists #increasing

If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth publishing. ↗

— Alan Paton

#central #concern #issues #novel #publishing

We cannot shun our values as an immigrant nation. This is a wrong path. And while possibly it is a short-term political victory based on division and based on creating a wedge issue that splits people in this country, it is a long-term defeat for this Nation. ↗

— Raul Grijalva

#cannot #country #creating #defeat #division

Unless and until something concrete is done about addressing the Israeli-Palestinian issue you won't get a real start on the war against terrorism. ↗

— Bob Hawke

#addressing #against #concrete #done #get

At some point around '94 or '95, 'Rolling Stone' said that guitar rock was dead and that the Chemical Brothers were the future. I think that was the last issue of 'Rolling Stone' I ever bought. ↗

— Scott Ian

#bought #brothers #chemical #dead #ever

I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#african americans #am #being #count #discarded

Illegal immigration is a genuinely national issue, and resolving it requires a national commitment not just on health care but also border control, law enforcement and other resources. ↗

— Jon Kyl

#border #care #commitment #control #enforcement

Material comes all kinds of ways, and it's never a question of a lack of material or a lack of projects - I have tons of projects. The issue is to convince someone to give you the money. And it's a very different business than it was just 8 years ago. ↗

— John Landis

#business #comes #convince #different #give

So we gravitated to shows and issues and causes that made people care. ↗

— Norman Lear

#causes #gravitated #issues #made #people

I had some issues. When I first had to deal with being in 'Star Wars,' you know, who wouldn't? ↗

— Jake Lloyd

#deal #first #had #i #issues