"If I had to guess and put a name on it, I'd say that at some point, the drug war was as much a function of class and social control as it was of racism."

-- David Simon

#War Quotes #Class Quotes #Names Quotes

“Not only do journalists not have a responsibility to report what skeptical scientists have to say about global warming. They have a responsibility not to report what these scientists say.”
“I really enjoy acting, and whether it's TV or films, I feel lucky to be doing it at all. In the end, I'd love to do films, but I'm not going to work just to do work. I only want to do something that I feel right about.”
“In another life, before taking the veil of journalistic purity, I practiced the black arts of a political operative, including 'debate prep.”
“People think that since we're on a major label, all of a sudden everyone's telling us what to do and it's really not like that at all. They're just saying you should tour because you can finally get out of debt and everyone's coming out to the shows we sold.”
“You can trust a crystal ball about as far as you can throw it.”

Source : Faith Popcorn (1991). “The Popcorn Report: Faith Popcorn on the Future of Your Company, Your World, Your Life”, p.102, BookBaby
“In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.”
“Styles in wit change so.”
“You can get the oldest drum machine out and whack out four sounds like a kick, snare, and two types of high-hat, and try and come up with the freshest thing on the spot. The gear can guide you - you can choose one bit of gear and it's obviously got its restrictions and its limitations, but at the same time, you've got to exploit what it's capable of and what it's best used for.”

Source : "Autechre". Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. February 18, 2008.

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