"This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance."

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Source : Philip K. Dick (1985). “I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon”, Doubleday Books

Philip K. Dick

#Tyrants Quotes #People Quotes #Resistance Quotes

“Wow people changed. I can't believe I liked them!”
“Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that which one would not have been able to guess.”
“I have now come to the conclusion (roughly) that capital punishment is defensible, if it can be shown to have a deterrent effect on murder. In that case, a few executions save not only some people from being murdered but also some people from becoming murders.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“There is a particular quality of quietude and stillness that suffuses these painterly poems of Carol Ann Davis, so involved with loss, motherhood and the shifting tonalities of light that transform the domestic and ordinary into the strange and extraordinary that, combined with tenderness of address, approach the worshipful and make a number of these poems so moving and distinctive.”
“[John Cassavetes] came backstage afterwards and introduced himself and we talked a bit, and then went for a little coffee at the Russian Tea Room next door. It just...started.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Science fiction invites the writer to grandly explore alternative worlds and pose questions about meaning and destiny.”
“I've been in this biz so long, it's really my reputation that brings me work.”

Source : "A Conversation With Prolific Music Composer & Producer John Keltonic". Interview with Norm Goldman, www.bookpleasures.com. July 21, 2015.
“You can live a wonderful life, you can love God with all your heart, and you can love your husband or wife very passionately and have a balance in your life. I live by balance.”

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