"On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died."

-- Gore Vidal

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“The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.”
“To be very fair, it was Ian Marsh and Martyn Ware who started The Human League. They brought Philip Oakey in to sing, primarily because Philip was very tall. So it started out as their vision. I don't think anyone ever thought it would be as big as it became. Music evolves and people were looking for something different. We came out at the right time and were just very lucky.”
“The sheep-people don't think for themselves anymore. You can say anything and it's the gospel truth and they don't have to go research it or anything, and they believe everything the news tells them. People don't go and do their own investigations if it's relationships or politics or anything.”

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“It was very unfortunate that Allah's Apostle was prevented from writing that statement for them because of their disagreement and noise.”
“I tend to like strong female characters. It just interests me dramatically. A strong male character isn't interesting because it has been done and it's so cliched. A weak male character is interesting: somebody else hasn't done it a hundred times. A strong female character is still interesting to me because it hasn't been done all that much, finding the balance of femininity and strength. [From a 1986 Fangoria interview]”
“The hard left is a very small section of the British population and I myself am not hard left. I am a traditional Labour left-winger.”
“Sexiness is all about your personality, being genuine and confident, and being a good person.”
“To live with courage, purpose, and connection - to be the person whom we long to be - we must again be vulnerable. We must ... show up, and let ourselves be seen.”

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