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“Mass consumption, advertising, and mass art are a corporate Frankenstein; while they reinforce the system, they also undermine it.”

Source : Ellen Willis (2011). “Out of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock Music”, p.221, U of Minnesota Press
“My mother moved abroad when I was 11, my dad wasn't around from the time that I was a baby, so I was not the product of a family, but a product of observation - of watching what went on around me, of watching who I liked, what I didn't like, what I thought was good behavior and what I thought was bad behavior and tailoring myself accordingly.”

Source : "Robin Hood star Mark Strong: 'Real knights would have needed tea breaks'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. May 8, 2010.
“people are strong despite suffering, not because of it.”

Source : Sonia Johnson (1989). “Wildfire: Igniting the She/Volution”, Wildfire Books
“I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.”
“And she says she wants to expose me to all these great things. And to tell you the truth, I don't really want to be exposed to all these great things if it means that I'll have to hear Mary Elizabeth talk about all the great things she exposed me to all the time. I don't understand that. I would give someone a record so they could love the record, not so they would always know that I gave it to them.”
“Congratulations to Mexico. They upset Brazil to win a gold medal in men's soccer. And after the Olympics ended, the Mexican soccer team, of course, returned home to their houses here in Los Angeles.”
“All of our suffering in life is from saying we want one thing and doing another.”
“Some people blow their top, but all people blow their bottom.”

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