"The grapevine should be named after a more bitter fruit. It should be called the grapefruit tree."

-- Chrystos

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“Now, they say that New Zealand is beautiful and I do not know -- because after 22 hours on a plane any landmass would be beautiful.”
“As a German philosopher writing in the aftermath of the Nazi regime, Marcuse understood the sleep inducing force of indoctrination, its power to make people forget and forfeit their own real interests. "The fact that the vast majority of the population accepts, and is made to accept, this society does not render it less irrational and less reprehensible," he wrote. "The distinction between true and false consciousness, real and immediate interest still is meaningful."”

Source : Daniel Pinchbeck (2007). “2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl”, p.67, Penguin
“A remarkable feature of Islam is that it gives dignity even to the humblest illiterate peasants. It gives them a certain human dignity which one doesn't find in other societies.”
“Better he learns now that if you mess with people, you might get messed with in return.”

Source : Kate Brian (2009). “Ex-mas”, p.51, Simon and Schuster
“Parenthood has been the beneficiary of wonderful performances by child actors.”

Source : "Why My Child Actor Deserves an Emmy" by Jason Katims, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 5, 2012.
“I love what I do. When a month goes by and I'm not working, I'm miserable.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My parents immigrated to the United States with $10 in their pocket and a belief that the America they had heard about really did exist as the land of opportunity.”

Source : "The America I know" by Mia Love, dailycaller.com. August 28, 2012.
“Some say that I should settle down, go slower and not push so hard, so quickly for such transformational change. To them, I say that you misunderstand the size of the problems we face, the strength of the status quo and the urgency of the people's desire for change.”

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