"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people."

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Source : Howard Zinn (1993). “Failure to Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic Historian”, p.118, South End Press

Howard Zinn

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“If a woman feels anchored to a man's plans, she may start to resent him for the fun she's worried she's missing.”
“I don't think there's ever a time where I step back and say I wish I was something different. I'm doing what I love to do.”
“I think every good song tells a story, as ambiguous and vague as it may be. And if you know what a song is talking about, it can only help your performance.”

Source : "'Idol' moments with winner David Cook". Interview with Misha Berson, www.seattletimes.com. July 8, 2008.
“Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry.”
“I don't think men experience the embargo on channeling the autobiography in their literature.”

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“Design is a form of competitive advantage. People tend to think of design as good art, good visual language, which it absolutely has to be. But it's also about the ability to do systems thinking.”
“Art wasn't for selling. Actually, we once did have an offer on Double Negative. Things could be sold actually - everything could be for sale. But we had very few buyers. I think it was Michael Heizer who said that the point was to have a bigger canvas, and I've used that expression quite a bit. But I was thinking today that a canvas has boundaries; it has limit to it. And for earthwork, it was the very openness and feeling that there were no boundaries that made it so exciting.”
“I'm not going to complain about the fact that people are paying attention to my work. I suppose that wouldn't be fair.”

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