"I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery."

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Source : Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson (1988). “Paine and Jefferson on Liberty”, p.89, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Thomas Jefferson

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“Quincy [Jones] is one of the greatest world figures, of all-time. I mean he's up there with Muhammad Ali, as far as I'm concerned. His humanitarian work, his contribution to the world and music - he's really an amazing man. Even political divides don't affect his humanity. So, to me, that was extremely meaningful.”
“If you do an American TV series, before the audition you sign away the next five years of your life.”

Source : "Dominic West: 'People seem to think I'm Satan'" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. May 30, 2011.
“They may kill me, but they cannot kill my ideas. They can crush my body, but they will not be able to crush my spirit.”

Source : Jatinder Nath Sanyal, Kripal Chandra Yadav, Bhagat Singh, Babar Singh, The Bhagat Singh Foundation (2006). “Bhagat Singh: a biography”
“Movies now, you can watch a trailer for a movie on TV now and you're not sure if it's a video game or a movie. You have to wait till the end of it to see, oh, I see, those actors are in it, so that one's a movie. Oftentimes, it's based on a video game.”
“I would rather quit while I was ahead. Thereâ€™s no need in overstaying your welcome.”

Source : E! Television, 1988.
“Trying to solve the problem by creating more debt is analogous to trying to stop being an alcoholic by going on a bender down at the corner bar.”

Source : "What If Everything Went Straight to Hell?". Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com.
“Young people need their own private places which mothers don't belong to, even if they want mother all around the edge of that.”

Source : "Dawn French opens her heart on the death of her mum and the challenges her family faced" by Alison Phillips, www.mirror.co.uk. October 30, 2012.
“It is really not the number of things you do , but the efficiency of each separate action that counts.”

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