“Definition of rock journalism: People who can't write, doing interviews with people who can't think, in order to prepare articles for people who can't read.”
― The Real Frank Zappa Book
― The Real Frank Zappa Book
“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.”
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“This is a mournful discovery.
1)Those who agree with you are insane
2)Those who do not agree with you are in power.”
― VALIS
1)Those who agree with you are insane
2)Those who do not agree with you are in power.”
― VALIS
“I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me. A nearby field, a ray of sunlight, a little bit of calm along with a bit of bread, not to feel oppressed by the knowledge that I exist, not to demand anything from others, and not to have others demand anything from me - this was denied me, like the spare change we might deny a beggar not because we're mean-hearted but because we don't feel like unbuttoning our coat.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
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