"The U.S. generally wants to solve problems with coercion. That's kind of the default way the American state wants to try to solve problems. So there are many parallels between that: mass incarceration, mass surveillance, and militarism."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Trevor Paglen

#Trying Quotes #Kind Quotes #Problem Quotes

“Even if you're the worst writer in the world, at least you'll have the evidence.”
“I'm a Giants fan through and through. I am crazy about Eli Manning. I'm all about the Giants.”

Source : "McCartney's Big Apple sports dreams". Interview with Mary Buckheit, www.espn.com. December 28, 2010.
“I believe that sooner or later we're going to have to deal with Saddam Hussein, because of his general reputation, because of what I'm convinced he's done with regard to terrorism and the support thereof. But I'm not at all sure I believe that it has to be right now.”

Source : "Transcript: Lawrence Eagleburger on FNS". Interview With Brit Hume, www.foxnews.com. August 19, 2002.
“AT&T will not block access to the public Internet or degrade service, period.”

Source : "Bill would profoundly change the Internet" by David Lazarus, www.sfgate.com. April 5, 2006.
“I wish you were that birch rising from the clump behind you, and I the gray oak alongside.”
“When you're going for a joke, you're stuck out there if it doesn't work. There's nowhere to go. You've done the drum role and the cymbal clash and you're out on the end of the plank.”
“Realism is in the work when idealism is in the soul, and it is only through idealism that we resume contact with reality.”
“I'm not the greatest communicator. I kind of internalize a lot.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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