“Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It's just ganging up against the weird kid, and I'm always the weird kid.”
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“The struggle for a free intelligence has always been a struggle between the ironic and the literal mind.”
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“If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.”
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“With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word 'intellectual,' of course, became the swear word it deserved to be.”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
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