"Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resigns his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward."

-- Henry David Thoreau

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“A couple years ago it was really hard for me to sing, because there's so much pressure in hip-hop to be a certain way. My biggest thing right now is doing me, because I'm not like other rappers.”
“If, for example, all the codons are triplets, then in addition to the correct reading of the message, there are two incorrect readings which we shall obtain if we do not start the grouping into sets of three at the right place.”
“Film acting would be about 80 percent better than it has been lately if actors did their homework, if they didn't have egos that took the size of their talent for granted.”
“I have a lot of confidence in my shot and I'm willing to shoot it no matter what.”

Source : Jimmie Johnson during Phoenix II Press Conference, www.motorsport.com. November 12, 2006.
“Even in the realest American cinema that I see, there's still not that sense that this is reality. There's still that sense that you are watching a movie. And hopefully, if we did get our jobs right, that sense disappears when you watch this movie.”
“I think I have much more appreciation for directing and movies overall versus a performance or an actor. Their body of work is more interesting.”
“I realize how depraved it was to instill false guilt in an innocent child's conscience, causing a distorted image of life, God, & self, leaving little if any feeling of personal worth.”
“Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe.”

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