"The only important elements in any society are the artistic and the criminal, because they alone, by questioning the societyâ€™s values, can force it to change."

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Source : FaceBook post by Samuel R. Delany from Jun 20, 2014

Samuel R. Delany

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“Iâ€™d rather look chubby on screen and like a person in real life.”
“Everything, decided Francie after that first lecture, was vibrant with life and there was no death in chemistry. She was puzzled as to why learned people didn't adopt chemistry as a religion.”
“In the state of Mississippi, Many Years Ago, a boy of 14 years got a taste of Southern law.”
“The ability to convince people of the wackiest notions - and both parties can do it - it's part of the dumbing down of America that's really highly problematic.”
“Those who succeed can't forgive a fellow for being a failure, and those who fail can't forgive him for being a success.”

Source : George Horace Lorimer (2016). “Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son”, p.67, Lulu.com
“Courts should always do the right thing. But if winning were as simple as making a good argument and filing a good brief, then we would have won the freedom to marry 40 years ago. We must put the legal work next to the public education work next to the legislative work next to the organizing work, and that's what's brought us so far.”
“The ideal business is one that earns very high returns on capital and that keeps using lots of capital at those high returns. That becomes a compounding machine.”
“Behind the story I tell is the one I don't...Behind the story you hear is the one I wish I could make you hear.”

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