Chicago 1968 taught one how close any civilized country is to berserkness at all times; also how terrorism, even silly terrorism, strengthens the cops more than anyone.
~ Wilfrid Sheed
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Category Archives: 2059 – Quote Unquote
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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
~ George Orwell
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Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.
~ George Orwell
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We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand.
~ Pablo Picasso
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Thoughts are thoughts and that’s all they are.
~ Walter Kirn
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Silence is argument carried out by other means.
~ Che Guevara
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The capacity to resist coercion stems partly from the individual’s identification with a group.
~ Eric Hoffer
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The person doing the worrying experiences it as a form of love; the person being worried about experiences it as a form of control.
~ John Lanchester
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If the only significant history of human thought were to be written, it would have to be history of its successive regrets and impotence.
~ Albert Camus
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You can’t measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.
~ Milan Kundera