"The problem is to find a form of association which will defend and protect with the whole common force the person and goods of each associate, and in which each, while uniting himself with all, may still obey himself alone, and remain as free as before."

-- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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“What the world needs now is more Americans. The U.S. is the first nation on earth deliberately dedicated to letting people choose what they want and giving them a chance to get it.”
“Filmmaking materials are in the hands of more people now than ever before. I would like to think that the more people have these tools, the more people will learn how to use them, it's another argument I would argue for, personally, for art's education. Because there are kids who aren't that literate in screen language and they've got to know how people select shots, how people edit audio, how people combine things to make what they see on the screen. It would be like the 15th century or the 16th century in Germany, and somebody amends a printing press and you don't know how to read and write.”
“John Lee Hooker became a friend of mine and I love all of his work. He was truly an icon. He lived the life. I miss him.”

Source : "Playlist: Mick Fleetwood" by Tim Jonze, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2008.
“You have a conscience, and a conscience is a valuable attribute, but not if it begins to make you think you were to blame for what is far beyond the scope of your responsibility.”
“Look at your eyes. You've got bigger bags than Louis Vuitton.”

Source : Matt Dunn (2008). “The Ex-Boyfriend's Handbook”, p.143, Simon and Schuster
“I want everyone focused on tomorrow, not yesterday.”
“We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway.”
“The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power. And so are all advances in scientific technique.”

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