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“Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.”
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“And Lo, for the Earth was empty of Form, and void. And Darkness was all over the Face of the Deep. And We said: 'Look at that fucker Dance.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
“Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders…and millions have been killed because of this obedience…Our problem is that people are obedient allover the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves… (and) the grand thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.”
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“Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.”
― Zorba the Greek
― Zorba the Greek
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