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A name is precious; it carries inside it a language, a history, a set of traditions, a particular way of looking at the world.
“We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — "Yes, that’s the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. You’re not as alone as you thought.”
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“But are there not many fascists in your country?"
"There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the times comes.”
― For Whom the Bell Tolls
"There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the times comes.”
― For Whom the Bell Tolls
“Whenever they's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Whenever they's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there . . . . I'll be in the way guys yell when they're mad an'-I'll be in the way kids laugh when they're hungry an' they know supper's ready. An' when our folks eat the stuff they raise an' live in the houses they build-why, I'll be there." Tom Joad”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
“If a white man wants to lynch me, that's his problem. If he's got the power to lynch me, that's my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it's a question of power. Racism gets its power from capitalism. Thus, if you're anti-racist, whether you know it or not, you must be anti-capitalist. The power for racism, the power for sexism, comes from capitalism, not an attitude.”
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