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“America was based on a big promise--a great big one: the Declaration of Independence. When you have to live with that in the house, that's quite a problem--particularly when you've got to make money and get ahead, open world markets, do all the things you have to, raise your children, and so forth. America is stuck with its self-definition put on paper in 1776, and that was just like putting a burr under the metaphysical saddle of America--you see, that saddle's going to jump now and then and it pricks.”
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“I go out with white women. This...”
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“In economic theory the conclusions are sometimes less interesting than the route by which they are reached.”
Source : Letter to C.P. Blitch (October 1975), as cited in "Towards a New Understanding of Sraffa" by Riccardo Bellofiore and Scott Carter, 2014.
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“Europe has found itself confronted with fresh challenges - challenges of a global character, the nature of which is directly connected with changes in the international climate and the difficulties of seeking new models for co-operation”
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“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.”
Source : Ronald Reagan (1983). “A Time for Choosing: The Speeches of Ronald Reagan, 1961-1982”, Gateway Books
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“Those who cannot think, have, in my opinion, a necessity (which goes very far towards creating a right) for amusement.”
Source : Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1828). “Ladies' Magazine”, p.537
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“Shaka Zulu had an all-female force of fighters. Women have been part of every resistance movement. Women dressed as men and went to war, went to sea, and participated actively in combat for as long as there have been people.”
Source : Kameron Hurley (2016). “The Geek Feminist Revolution”, p.263, Macmillan
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“If you criticize what you’re doing too early you’ll never write the first line.”
