"Reality, the oppressor's tongue."

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Adrienne Rich

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“The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery”
“You should have a dream and absolutely go for it. Don't let anybody say you can't do it.”
“The greatest act of love was to make a tape for someone. It was the only way we could share music and it was also a way of advertising yourself. Selection, order, the lettering you used for the track list, how much technical detail you went into, whether or not you added artwork or offered only artwork and no track list at all, these choices were as codified as a Victorian bouquet.”

Source : Lavinia Greenlaw (2015). “The Importance of Music to Girls”, p.140, Faber & Faber
“The reality, ... is that I need to win games of football. That's where the pressure and the sleepless nights come from. There's a fantasy pressure with this job but none of that matters. I need to make this team into a good unit, need to take it forward, give it a change of pace, need to get it younger and to use the experience of the lads we've got here. I need Lennon and Sutton and people like that to go and show how you handle being a Celtic player.”
“I always wanted to experience the street life because my teenage life in Aberdeen was so boring. But I was never really independent enough to do it. I applied for food stamps, lived under the bridge, and built a fort at the cedar mill.”
“I'm buying records a lot, like, every week I'm just buying old reissues or old originals or new records that I have heard about.”

Source : "Stereolab" by Tim Gane, pitchfork.com. September 3, 2008.
“I said 'It can't go on' and he said 'No, it can't.' Honestly, I don't think I could have mattered less to him by then. But by then, nothing mattered to him.”

Source : "You have to laugh" by Suzie Mackenzie, www.theguardian.com. November 19, 2004.
“When I was research head of General Motors and wanted a problem solved, I'd place a table outside the meeting room with a sign: "Leave slide rules here." If I didn't do that, I'd find someone reaching for his slide rule. Then he'd be on his feet saying, "Boss, you can't do it."”

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