"If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose."

-- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“Yes, I took up the guitar when I was about 14 or 15, in high school.”
“Under patriarchy, every woman's son is her potential betrayer and also the inevitable rapist or exploiter of another woman.”
“To hell with tomorrow. To hell with all problems and barriers. Nothing matters but the Spectacular Now.”
“A lot of work still remains but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime.”

Source : "Malala Yousafzai, Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize". www.foxnews.com. October 10, 2014.
“I would be doomed if I didn't invent humor in my life. When I was young, I had all these punk and performance-art bands, dressed in costumes and painting the room and getting kicked out by police. Now when I perform I still feel the stage is more than just where you put your instruments. It's where you can do whatever you feel like.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth.”
“You can see and feel everything in clothes.”
“The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the Government. They create offices by their own votes and then seek to fill them themselves.”

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