"The best defense against democracy is to distract people."

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Source : Noam Chomsky (2011). “How the World Works”, p.241, Soft Skull Press

Noam Chomsky

#People Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Defense Quotes

“It's sad that the most glorious of sexual experiences can make us feel guilty, ashamed, embarrassed, and abnormal.”
“To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid.”
“It is important to understand that stereotypes and generalizations have an impact in both positive and negative ways. Of course not every person born between 1980 and 2000 is exactly the same as millenials. There are differences within generations. That being said, generations have a personality just as individuals do.”
“I started to call myself a rational therapist in 1955; later I used the term rational emotive. Now I call myself a rational emotive behavior therapist.”
“My fans are so funny, they make me laugh so much. I've got some really, really, funny, clever fans.”
“I want to tell everyone, 'You're perfectly fine right now.' No one told me that.. I hope people can think, 'I'm great the way I am. I'm doing fine. Even if I can't reach the criteria of success measured and necessitated by society, even if I'm weeded out, I'm beautiful the way I am. I'm pretty, I'm perfectly fine without having to think about other people's opinions and stereotypes.'”
“My published works are concrete evidence that I exist.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I wanted many of the poems to have long legs. At first I was calling them clothespin poems, before I knew what I was doing. The lines seem pulled on either end, tight and taut against the wind.”

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