"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers."

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Source : Gravity's Rainbow episode 28 (1973)

Thomas Pynchon

#War Quotes #Worry Quotes #Answers Quotes

“All the signs were right. And when I mean all the sings were right, the only signs that we care about when we start a project of making a record is, do we have the songs - it's that simple.”
“Body tension will always be present if our good feeing is just ordinary, self-centered happiness. Joy has no tension in it, because joy accepts whatever is as it is.”
“Even if parties associated with right wing populism don't win, they push other parties, the centrist parties, towards their position. So they do have an influence even if they're not in power.”
“I've skewered whites, blacks, Hispanics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, gays, straights, rednecks, addicts, the elderly, and my wife. As a standup comic, it is my job to make sure the majority of people laugh, and I believe that comedy is the last true form of free speech.”

Source : "Comedian Defends 'Achmed the Dead Terrorist' Puppet Routine Against South African Ban" by Joshua Rhett Miller, www.foxnews.com. October 2, 2008.
“Being brave doesnâ€™t mean we have no fear - it means we refuse to be overcome by it.”
“For me, a male role model would be a man who, despite holding a leadership position, has the courage to say that he wants to reschedule a 7 p.m. meeting for 4 p.m. because he'd really like to be able to put his son to bed.”
“It is this third consequence that has been elaborated in greatest detail and has formed one of the most significant pillars of historical capitalism, institutional racism.”
“Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.”

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