"Optimism is a political act. Those who benefit from the status quo are perfectly happy for us to think nothing is going to get any better. In fact, these days, cynicism is obedience."

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Source : "The Bright Green City". Interview with Arnie Cooper, www.thesunmagazine.org. April 2010.

Alex Steffen

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“Fortitude implies a firmness and strength of mind, that enables us to do and suffer as we ought. It rises upon an opposition, and, like a river, swells the higher for having its course stopped.”

Source : Jeremy Collier (1969). “Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects: (1698-1709).”
“You always pay too much. Particularly for promises. There aint no such thing as a bargain promise.”
“To live without experiencing some shame and blushes of admiration would surely be a wretched life.”
“I've never worked a day in my life. Don't get me wrong. I work at track. If you love what you do, it's not work.”
“What's exciting is there's a curtain that divides the audience from this other world. You want to see behind.”
“You add to the suffering in the world when you take offense, just as much as you do when you give offense.”
“I think Israel, as a number of commentators pointed out, is becoming an insane state. And we have to be honest about that. While the rest of the world wants peace, Europe wants peace, the US wants peace, but this state wants war, war and war.”

Source : Interview with Selcuk Gultasli for "Today's Zaman" (Turkey), www.thehypertexts.com. January 19, 2009.
“I think if I did something in the pop world right now, it would be for Rihanna. I'd love to do something production wise for her.”

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