"[Tyranny is] to compel men not to think as they do, to compel men to express thoughts that are not their own."

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Source : Milovan Đilas (1975). “Parts of a Lifetime”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

Milovan ?ilas

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“Making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won't work.”
“People say to me, 'Oh, being a mother must make you a better actor,' and I think, 'Well, I never sleep, I have very little time to think about anything except when I'm actually there.' I wonder whether that makes me a better actor. I think it must on some level.”
“It is a melancholy consideration that there should be several among us so hardened and deluded as to think an oath a proper subject for a jest; and to make this, which is one of the most solemn acts of religion, an occasion of mirth. Yet such is the depravation of our manners at present, that nothing is more frequent than to hear profligate men ridiculing, to the best of their abilities, these sacred pledges of their duty and allegiance; and endeavouring to be witty upon themselves, for daring to prevaricate with God and man.”
“Governments will rise, and governments will fall, and man will do evil to man, and all we can do is turn our hearts to good.”

Source : Margaret Peterson Haddix (2010). “Among the Enemy”, p.50, Simon and Schuster
“Sometimes if somebody you feel you need... the whole universe tells you that you have to have her, you start watching her favorite TV shows all night, you start buying her the things she needs, you start drinking her drinks, you start smoking her bad cigarettes, you start picking up her nuances in her voice, you sleep in safe sometimes the most dangerous thing... this is called Mojo Pin.”
“I mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James almost killed me.”

Source : FaceBook post by Rick James from Feb 18, 2017
“If law school is so hard to get through... how come there are so many lawyers?”
“This is me putting it simply; the politicians are one demographic and they see that Arizona is changing. I feel like the only instinct to retain power is to have education favor you. You have this Mexican American program that helps kids take ownership of their race and their power. It threatens the political powers that are in place.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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