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“Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.”
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“If "con" is the opposite of pro, then isn't Congress the opposite of progress? Or did we just fucking blow your mind?!?”
― America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
― America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
“The way you know you've done a good remixed culture is if it pisses people off”
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“You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect.”
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“Indeed our survival and liberation depend upon our recognition of the truth when it is spoken and lived by the people. If we cannot recognize the truth, then it cannot liberate us from untruth. To know the truth is to appropriate it, for it is not mainly reflection and theory. Truth is divine action entering our lives and creating the human action of liberation.”
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