"When I sang my American folk melodies in Budapest, Prague, Tiflis, Moscow, Oslo, or the Hebrides or on the Spanish front, the people understood and wept or rejoiced with the spirit of the songs. I found that where forces have been the same, whether people weave, build, pick cotton, or dig in the mine, they understand each other in the common language of work, suffering, and protest."

-- Paul Robeson

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“I don't care about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they can get away with things.”

Source : Lee Child (2015). “The Essential Jack Reacher, Volume 1, 7-Book Bundle: Persuader, The Enemy, One Shot, The Hard Way, Bad Luck and Trouble, Nothing to Lose, Gone Tomorrow”, p.236, Delacorte Press
“I think what we should concentrate on is what it feels like to be a working artist in the day to day. One doesn't imagine what comes down the line.”
“I always think street but train sport.”
“You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.”
“I was brought up a Catholic, so I suppose I have to believe in the goodness of human beings. I think we're not so bad after all.”
“Silences, as every observer knows, have strange characteristics all their own - passionate silences, and hateful silences, and silences full of friendly, purring content.”
“I know a lot of actors picture themselves winning Academy Awards. I really just wanted to do a Christmas movie because it's the kind of movie that I really love to watch. I'm a sucker for the holidays.”
“Vote for me and I will ensure that everyone gets enough to eat and a place to stay”

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