"Self-determination, the autonomy of the individual, asserts itself in the right to race his automobile, to handle his power tools, to buy a gun, to communicate to mass audiences his opinion, no matter how ignorant, how aggressive, it may be."

-- Herbert Marcuse

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“I Will Follow is a celebration of life. Sometimes when you lose something, you understand its value more than when you had it. The same is true for life.”

Source : "Salli Richardson-Whitfield: the 'I will follow'". Interview with Kam Williams, www.eurweb.com. March 9, 2011.
“Some folks think life and technology and mind can keep expanding forever. Others say it can't. We are still not clear on that.”
“I don't think I ever thought of myself as Superman. But there were people who thought of me that way, and maybe I believed them a little.”
“I haven't celebrated coming in No. 2 too many times.”
“The most exciting part of finding out who we are is discovering our own uniqueness, who we are outside the box, beyond the categories in a Psychology 101 textbook. In our inimitable singularity, there is an infinite range of possibility that cannot be tied to any one description of what it means to be human or healthy.”
“That taught me how to work harder. I learned all about mental toughness on the practice field. If things weren't working out for me in high school, in college, early in my pro career, my solution was always to work harder and internalize. That way, whenever I got an opportunity, I was always prepared. See, there are a lot of guys who are all talk. They say they want to work harder and be the best, but they never pay the price. I love paying the price.”
“I am convinced that those people whom the world considers good and respects are all liars and fakes. I do not trust the world. My only ally is the tagged dissolute. The tagged dissolute. That is the only cross on which I wish to be crucified. Though ten thousand people criticize me, I can throw in their teeth my challenge: Are you not all the more dangerous for being without tags?”
“The Hindu marriage may be described as the union of two families. In this union, there is no room for petty ambitions and personal ego-trips. What is involved is love for the entire family that one is marrying into.”

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