"There are times when the law jeopardizes those who obey it."

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Source : Kathy Acker (1996). “Pussy, King of the Pirates”, Acker, Kathy

Kathy Acker

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“The greatest single virtue of a strong legislature is not what it can do, but what it can prevent.”
“People don't make us angry, how we think makes us angry.”
“There are lots of things a warrior can do at a certain time which he couldn't do years before. Those things themselves did not change; what changed was his idea of himself.”
“If one discards the Bible as being unreliable, then he must discard almost all literature of antiquity.”
“If I were a writer and not a singer in 10 years, I don't know how I'd feel about writing really personal songs and getting someone else to sing them.”
“Even in the very beginning when she would bump into George Valentine and people would start taking pictures of her, she never thought, 'I'm with George Valentine. I need to get a picture with him.' She's like 'oh that's funny. Everyone's taking pictures!'”

Source : "[Cannes Interview] ‘The Artist’ Director Michel Hazanavicius and Star Berenice Bejo". Interview with Raffi Asdourian, thefilmstage.com. May 18, 2011.
“Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend to you every measure for their support and encouragement ... Manners, by which not only the freedom, but the very existence of the republics, are greatly affected, depend much upon the public institutions of religion and the good education of youth; in both these instances our fathers laid wise foundations, for which their posterity have had reason to bless their memory.”
“There is never an absolute answer to everything, except of course that you have to do your squats.”

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