Discrimination in virtually every aspect of political, economic, and social life is now perfectly legal if you've been labeled a felon.
Huge numbers of embassy cables are labeled 'unclassified' or 'limited official use' and deal with mundane matters.
I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled.
It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.
A broader reading of history shows that appeasement, no matter how it is labeled, never fulfills the hopes of the appeasers.
I would be happy to be labeled as a writer of offbeat stories. I don't know how to do anything else.
Growing up, I was constantly labeled an 'oreo' by my black peers because of my proper speech and 'valley girl accent.'
As I say, you get labeled. To stop all that, I've got to win things - that's the only way you make your mark.
Hart is still like that little tub of vaguely milklike gunk that comes with airline coffee. It is labeled a "nondairy" product. Fine: we know what is is non, but what is it?
I worry that we don't currently have a democracy in the United States. Instead we have what [political philosopher] Sheldon Wolin has recently labeled a sort of inverted totalitarianism.
I've been overlooked, praised, questioned, lauded, labeled, celebrated, and derided - sometimes all in the span of a single week. That's life in the NFL.
I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.
Being labeled as someone who would cheat hurts more than anything else I've ever been through in my career.
When I was first named as Deputy Prime Minister, there was a feeling of shock that I should be chosen because I was labeled as being an ultra and very anti-Chinese.
I think sometimes Hall of Famers might get labeled as guys who aren't suited for a coaching job or to be back at the Major League level.
All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.
Whether it's an innate ability or an acquired way of regarding the world around us, being labeled as funny can only be accepted as a compliment.
I guess I'm attracted to these off beat roles because my life has been a bit abnormal. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.
We are all people... don't label me as an LGBT rapper or a female rapper... I don't like to be labeled.
But yet I don't think I should be labeled just a black quarterback, because it's bigger things in this sport that need to be accomplished.
We found the bathrooms, which were labeled 'Aliens' and 'Femaliens.' 'Finally,' I said to J.Lo. 'Here's a bathroom you're allowed to use.
Sometimes when we are labeled, when we are branded our brand becomes our calling.
'The Assassination of Jesse James' remains one of my favorite films that I've done. You know, it's still labeled a loser.
For so long, we were labeled - you're a girly girl, you're a tomboy, you're this or that - but now we can do what we want. One style doesn't define me.
You need people with the courage to stand up and voice their opposition without being labeled unpatriotic.
It's a disease of critics that once they've labeled someone, it's very hard to change their perspective. It's laziness.
In companies, there are three activities that should be labeled better. First there is the "CORE" which is the thing the company does that its customers pay it to do.
I don't have a problem being labeled a sex symbol, though I personally don't feel very sexy about myself.
If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.
When you play on bad defensive teams, you get labeled as a bad defender.
We need to start listening to each other and getting out of our own little labeled bubbles.
I don't wanna be labeled as just a defensive player or a rim protector or someone who can dunk. I feel like I can do everything.
We share in the certainty that people labeled with mental illness are first and above all, human beings. Our lives are precious and are of infinite value.
High school is all about hierarchies, labels, cliques - we are labeled and structured. Everyone goes through it, more or less.
Imagine being 30 years old, thinking you were a media titan, and now you are labeled a 'scam artist.'
I don't want to be labeled a star, or billed as a star. I'm a messenger, really, and when I get work to do, I have to do it.
You think he left a big flashing arrow pointing to a filing cabinet labeled 'Evidence Here!'? He's a Stray, Ethan, not Wile E. Coyote!
To be labeled pathetic because you enjoy the company of a loving creature who is always down to hang out, sleep, and eat with you is unfair.
Why do we electrocute men for murdering an individual and then pin a purple heart on them for mass slaughter of someone arbitrarily labeled “enemy?
My experience in life tells me that the values that are now being labeled 'conservative' are the only way that blacks can get ahead.
People have labeled me homophobic. If I was homophobic, I wouldn't have friends who are gay and lesbian, so that can't be true.
That's something that I gotta prove - I don't like being labeled as 'soft.' I'm not soft.
You have to adhere to a certain morality, a certain level of decorum, or else you'll be punished and labeled.
What's historically been referred to as 'gerrymandering' can more aptly be labeled an incumbent protection program.
I was labeled 'P-E-A,' which is patient expired on arrival. I guess that's the politically correct way of saying you didn't make it.
I've always tried to stay clear of being labeled, putting a label on what type of music that I make.
I have a disturbing problem with losing things. My vulnerability to loss-distress could properly be labeled not only inordinate, but neurotic.
One of my biggest fears with 'Coloring Book' was that it would be labeled. I hate labels. I never sought out for people to recognize it as a gospel album.
In my case, once you sell a lot of books and you are labeled a bestselling author, the serious critics are never gonna say anything nice about you.
I don't know if I'm an impressionist or an expressionist. You can call me an American first... I've been labeled doing neimanism, so that's what it is, I guess.
When I was young I was called a rugged individualist. When I was in my fifties I was considered eccentric. Here I am doing and saying the same things I did then and I'm labeled senile.
For lack of a better term, they've labeled me a sex symbol. It's flattering and it should happen to every bald, overweight guy.
We need to demand that our food is labeled, especially genetically modified foods, and learn how it is produced, processed, and grown.
The experience and behavior that gets labeled schizophrenic is a special strategy that a person invents in order to live in an unlivable situation.
Anyone who strays too far from the majority view or the conventional wisdom is bound to be labeled "arrogant," "a maverick," "a Wildman," "weird," or even "crazy."
Stay alert. The big moral crossroads in your life may not come labeled as such.
There seems to be a general impression that to be known as normal in Hollywood is akin to being labeled as rare animal in a zoo.
I do intelligent roles. I don't want to be labeled as doing silly movies. I'm more mature than kids my age because I'm constantly surrounded by adults.
There's an unwritten law that you cannot have a Jewish character in a film who isn't 100 percent perfect, or you're labeled anti-Semitic.
When I started thinking about it, I was like, 'OK, if throughout time I get labeled as a conscious artist, I'll be very much celebrated, in a way, and honored.'
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