"You are about to be told one more time that you are America's most valuable natural resource. Have you seen what they do to valuable natural resources?! Have you seen a strip mine? Have you seen a clear cut in the forest? Have you seen a polluted river? Don't ever let them call you a valuable natural resource! They're going to strip mine your soul. They're going to clear cut your best thoughts for the sake of profit unless you learn to resist, because the profit system follows the path of least resistance and following the path of least resistance is what makes the river crooked!"

Source : "The Past Didn't Go Anywhere". Album by Utah Phillips and Ani DiFranco, October 15, 1996.

Utah Phillips

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“It's very hard, I think, for critics to write positive reviews, because there's not that much to say about something you like. You can kind of say 'I really like that band' and then if you're forced to fill up the rest of an article, you've got to start saying heady things. It's much easier to say negative things in a review.”

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“When I was a child I liked the games of Capablanca, and later I was captivated by Alekhine's play.”
“For the rich, it's not about getting more stuff. It's about having the freedom to make almost any decision you want.”
“Hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander.”

Source : The Village Comedy Vol. II
“Being in love is dangerous because you talk yourself into thinking you've never had it so good.”
“We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power. We have a great deal of activity, but we accomplish little; many services but few conversions; much machinery but few results.”

Source : R. A. Torrey (2000). “How to Obtain Fullness of Power”, p.58, Sword of the Lord Publishers
“As science pushes forward, ignorance and superstition gallop around the flanks and bite science in the rear with big dark teeth.”

Source : "Riders of the Purple Wage or The Great Gavage". Book by Philip Jose Farmer, 1967.
“I'm often asked: Did you get what you wanted? But how should I know what I wanted? A photo is an encounter, a surprise.”

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