"Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state, in such a way that its present is big with its future."

-- Gottfried Leibniz

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“It is not so much freedom of speech but the right to truth that great men protect.”
“I feel like Bush presidencies are like "Godfather" films. You should stop at two.”
“Music has touched me deeply, sometimes to tears. But at the same time it's been life-affirming, because I've been grateful for the fact that I'm alive and human and capable of being so moved.”
“I believe a lot in the subject of the power our own bodies have as marginalized beings to be able to change the sense of things.”
“Don't chew gum at an audition and wear really bad clothes. That doesn't work. You need to hear that! You need to hear practical advice.”

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“They think I'm going to be a schoolteacher but I'm going to be a poet.”
“Do not primarily train men to work. Train them to serve willingly and intelligently.”
“Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man.”

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