"As long as the government can arbitrarily decide which substances are legal and which are illegal, then those who remain behind bars for illegal substances are political prisoners"

-- Paul Krassner

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“The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.”

Source : Edith Sitwell (2011). “Taken Care Of: An Autobiography”, p.3, A&C Black
“Fortunately for themselves and the world, nearly all men are cowards and dare not act on what they believe. Nearly all our disasters come of a few fools having the "courage of their convictions."”

Source : Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Rod, the Root and the Flower”, p.19, Lulu.com
“My family was all musicians. We jam all the time.”
“One has to commit their life to music and not expect to get famous or rich doing it.”

Source : Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. October 16, 2014.
“Here she comes that little town flirt, you're falling for her and you're gonna get hurt.”

Source : Song: Little Town Flirt
“My favorite thing about L.A. is the sunny breezes that mimic the mindset of the energy in the people.”
“I've always been curious about people's psychedelic experiences, and I kind of had this assumption that I was going to have some kind of crazy mindblowing psychedelia thing happening, but actually, it was very quiet, and I didn't have any hallucinations at all. Nothing changed, except that suddenly I could hear the voice of my conscience, which I didn't ever think of as being a real voice. And ever since having that experience, I've had that voice in my head and followed it occasionally.”
“I never felt the same passion for the game in the States and there were a lot of headaches, a lot of obstacles to overcome - it didn't just run itself for the love of the game because soccer is not the No. 1 sport as it is in Europe.”

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