Jerry Rush

“An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. "Can they be brought together?" This is a practical question. We must get down to it. "I despise intelligence" really means: "I cannot bear my doubts.”
― Albert Camus

“Freedom is not the ability to act without any constraints whatsoever. Given the constraints under which all human beings operate, freedom is the ability to choose how to respond to them.”
― Paul A. Cantor, The Invisible Hand in Popular Culture: Liberty vs. Authority in American Film and TV