"If you live in a democracy and don't have freedom of information, it's not a democracy. And people have to understand that if you don't have freedom of information online, it's not going to be offline, either."

-- Birgitta Jonsdottir

#People Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Information Quotes

“Time and experience have forcefully taught that the power to inspect dwelling places, either as a matter of systematic area-by-area search or, as here, to treat a specific problem, is of indispensable importance in the maintenance of community health; a power that would be greatly hobbled by the blanket requirement of the safeguards necessary for a search of evidence of criminal acts.”
“I'm not 21 and trying to prove something with my words.”
“The biographies of the great men see their excesses as signs of their greatness. But Jean Rhys, in her biography, is read as borderline; AnaÃ¯s Nin is borderline; Djuna is borderline; etc. etc. Borderline personality disorder being an overwhelmingly gendered diagnosis. I write in Heroines: â€œThe charges of borderline personality disorder are the same charges against girls writing literature, I realize - too emotional, too impulsive, no boundaries."”

Source : "The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Kate Zambreno". Interview with Gina Frangello, therumpus.net. November 18, 2012.
“Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors.”
“Talk into my bullet hole. Tell me I'm fine.”

Source : "Jesus' Son". www.imdb.com. 1999.
“The end is here, and you don't want be here. You are the best in the world at something, and you know you are not going to be that great at anything else.”
“Donald Trump was appealing to a lot of people with his populist message.”
“Everywhere you hang your hat is home. Home is the bright cave under the hat.”

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