"People who dismiss the unemployed and dependent as â€˜parasitesâ€™ fail to understand economics and parasitism. A successful parasite is one that is not recognized by its host, one that can make its host work for it without appearing as a burden. Such is the ruling class in a capitalist society."

-- Jason Read

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“Interacting with other people does not come naturally to me; it is a strain and requires effort, and since it does not come naturally I feel like I am not really myself when I make that effort. I feel fairly comfortable with my family, but even with them I sometimes feel the strain of not being alone.”
“If you're an artist, the problem is to make a picture work whether you are happy or not.”
“Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and thereâ€™s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen.”
“Sometimes I think it's better to suffer bitter unhappiness and to fight and to scream out, and even to suffer that terrible pain, than to just be... safe. At least she knows she's living.”
“White Privilege is the other side of racism. Unless we name it, we are in danger of wallowing in guilt or moral outrage with no idea of how to move beyond them. It is often easier to deplore racism and its effects than to take responsibility for the privileges some of us receive as a result of itâ€¦ once we understand how white privilege operates, we can begin addressing it on an individual and institutional basis.”

Source : "White Privilege: Essential Readings on the Other Side of Racism". Book by Paula Rothenberg, 2002.
“Level 5 leaders are a study in duality: modest and willful, humble and fearless.”
“Most people think its sex, money, and drugs but Hip-Hop is about lyrics, storytelling, and everybody having a different style. That's just another idea of beautiful, being yourself and creating music that represents you and what you like.”
“As soon as we surrender the principle that the state should not interfere in any questions touching on the individuals mode of life, we end by regulating and restricting the latter down to the smallest details.”

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