"Children do not constitute anyone's property: they are neither the property of their parents nor even of society. They belong only to their own future freedom."

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Mikhail Bakunin

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“My nana was always a widow as long as I was alive; my grandfather died before I was born. All the women on my street - there were four houses in a row with all old women who lived alone who were widowed. They all had kids, but they were all widowed. My mom didn't put me in preschool; I didn't know that was a thing. I just hung out with these women all day.”
“At the end of the day, anything I think I'm sacrificing I'm just giving up because it makes me feel better.”
“Although most Americans may be largely ignorant of what was, and still is, being done in their names, all are likely to pay a steep price-individua lly and collectively-fo r their nation's continued efforts to dominate the global scene.”

Source : "Who armed Iraq?" by Paul Rockwell, www.sfgate.com. March 2, 2003.
“Let his name be cleared and everyone else adjust their thinking. He had put in time, now they must do the work. His business was simple. Find Cecilia and love her, marry her and live without shame.”
“Rebels learn the rules better than the rule-makers do. Rebels learn where the holes are, where the rules can best be breached. Become an expert at the rules. Then break them with creativity and style.”
“We sometimes have a flash of understanding that amounts to the insight of genius, and yet it slowly withers, even in our hands - like a flower. The form remains, but the colours and the fragrance are gone.”
“People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world.”
“Chaplin made me laugh and cry without saying a word. I had an instinct. I was touched by the soul of Chaplin - Mime is not an imitator but a creator.”

Source : The Lantern Interview, April 5, 2001.

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