"When we have a majority we will do it. I think the days of the Lords are quite genuinely numbered."

-- Tony Benn

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“I don't know where genre really comes from. I grew up with parents who were artists, and I was always interested in what music they were listening to and open to all kinds of genres. So it's nice to see that whole families come to my concerts. I like having an element in my music that is inclusive rather than exclusive, without being pop for the sake of it. It's not important to me how many people listen to it - it's more wonderful that it brings people who wouldn't usually meet into the same room.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Angels worship God with purity and love; men, with fear and trembling.”
“Roe v. Wade was bad law and bad medical science,”
“A war doesnâ€™t merely kill off a few thousand or a few hundred thousand young men. It kills off something in a people that can never be brought back. And if a people goes through enough wars, pretty soon all thatâ€™s left is the brute, the creature that weâ€”you and I and others like usâ€”have brought up from the slime.”
“I urge North Koreas leaders to reflect on Burmas experience. While the work of reform is ongoing, Burma has already broken out of isolation and opened the door to a far better future for its people.”
“Love the moment and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.”
“All socialists have bad backs because we slouch â€” except when we're watching the news when we sit on the edge of our seats, shout, and wave our arms. Generally we sit hunched, arms crossed in a judgemental way, the whole of our bodies pulled into a frown.”

Source : "Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation", BBC Radio 4, 2007.
“Part of what we have to do is not just keep ignorant people away from the polls. We have to actually change the structural realities that make people make bad choices beyond their ignorance or what have you.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org

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