"Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism."

-- Thomas Jefferson

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“Anger is really disappointed hope.”
“Send forth a tiny ripple of hope.”
“We must never remain silent in the face of bigotry. We must condemn those who seek to divide us. In all quarters and at all times, we must teach tolerance and denounce racism, anti-Semitism and all ethnic or religious bigotry wherever they exist as unacceptable evils. We have no place for haters in America -- none, whatsoever.”
“I want to make music that I know that ten years from now, you can put it on and say "This is a great record".”
“Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not.”
“I can watch anybody all day long if they're really doing what they're doing. I have a fascination with human behavior, watching people talk, when they pick at their face or how they hold their hand or if they're listening to you, if they're not listening to you.”

Source : Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 1, 2014.
“I really, really thought that it was a no-brainer in terms of being a hit. And so it does surprise that that hasn't been the manifested reception of it so far.”
“How deeply one felt when alone.”

Source : William Steig (2013). “Abel's Island”, p.69, Macmillan

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