"But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating."

-- Robert Waterman McChesney

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“The truth of the matter is, we're not far away from where we should be. We can complain about the problem or we can go out and solve the problem. I choose to go out and try to solve the problem.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“First publication is a pure, carnal leap into that dark which one dreams is life.”
“For - to say a few words on technique - whereas the curved line was used predominantly for reasons of beauty, (Phidias, Michelangelo, Raphael, Rubens) it has been used more and more economically for reasons of truth (Millet, Monet , Paul CÃ©zanne) until it will end as the straight line for reasons of Love. This will enable the art of the future to create an international form; a form understandable to all and vital enough to the expression of a general feeling of love in a monumental way. Such is the future.”

Source : "Onafhankelijke bespiegelingen over de kunst" by Theo van Doesburg, De Avondpost Journal, January 23, 1916.
“The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.”
“Short cuts make long delays.”
“I hate it when they say, ï¿½He gave his life for his country.ï¿½ They donï¿½t die for the honor and glory of their country. We kill them.”
“Poets, on the face of it, have either got to be easier or to write their own notes; readers have either got to take more trouble over reading or cease to regard notes as pretentious and a sign of bad poetry”

Source : William Empson (2000). “The complete poems”, Lane, Allen
“We desperately need some new thinking today about systems of global governance. We're stuck with the same obsolete, ignore-the-earth institutions that were brough into being after the 2nd World War, and they're now failing us ever more catastropically. Wild Law shows just how radical we now need to be in creating new institutions that are genuinely 'fit for purpose' in the 21st Century.”

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