"Every ruling class has wanted only this: all the rewards and none of the burdens. The operational code is: we have a lot; we can get more; we want it all."

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Source : Michael Parenti (1996). “Dirty Truths”, p.46, City Lights Books

Michael Parenti

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“Before I finished another level of Scientology auditing, I had a very hard time with being wrong and I always had to have my own way - and not in a good sense. After auditing, I was able to have my thoughts, communicate them and not have to be right all the time.”
“I wasn't into Tolkien at school really. But the story is timeless, the themes that it touches on are contained in cultures all around the world. The innocent on a quest, the pretender, an inanimate object that holds evil - it's really strange that these themes are there in so many different countries' folklore.”
“Why not pick up the new full-length motion picture at the corner drugstore and then run it through one's home TV receiver?”
“I think it's tacky to have chains that go all the way down to your crotch.”
“Singing is my life. And when I can do that, that's when I'm free. That's when I'm at my happiest, I'm at my most.”

Source : "Soul Singer Sharon Jones: 'The Cancer Is Here, But I Want To Perform'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. July 28, 2016.
“Are the people in your life inspiring you or tiring you?”
“I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it.”
“Don't take yourself too seriously - learn to laugh.”

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