"But revolutionary is not an acceptable term to those who benefit from, and deny at the same time, the savage exploitativeness of the social system."

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Source : "Living In The Number One Country". Book by Herbert Schiller, 2000.

Herbert Schiller

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“I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.”
“It seems to me that everyone on this planet whom I know or have worked with is suffering from self-hatred and guilt to one degree or another. The more self-hatred and guilt we have, the less our lives work. The less self-hatred and guilt we have, the better our lives work, on all levels.”
“Attention spans are shrinking on a daily basis, and it's getting harder to make an impression that lasts. So the fact that we were able to make a mark in a way that led to the continued relevance of the record is kind of crazy. I'm in awe of that.”

Source : "Cap the Old Times: The Story of Interpol's Turn on the Bright Lights". Interview with Ian Cohen, pitchfork.com. November 29, 2012.
“The first time I smoked weed was with Demi [Lovato] and Miley [Cyrus]. I must have been 17 or 18. They kept saying, â€˜Try it! Try it!â€™ so I gave it a shot, and it was all right. I donâ€™t even smoke weed that often anymore.”
“Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.”

Source : Marian Wright Edelman (2013). “The Measure of our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours”, p.61, Beacon Press
“Peopleâ€¦shouldnâ€™t be allowed to have new children if theyâ€™d already given away all their love to their old ones. It wasnâ€™t fair.”
“They say I tried to hurt my nurse. I tell them they tried to hurt me first.”
“Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more.”

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