"The idea ... that collective society should take hold of Evil and set it down hard in its chair and make it cry seems to many of us absolutely sound. Of course, we feel that it is not for us, those who love righteousness, to jump on the necks of the wicked. We prefer to have it attended to in a more dignified, impersonal way by Society as a whole."

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Source : Gerald Stanley Lee (1913). “Crowds: A Moving-picture of Democracy”

Gerald Stanley Lee

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“The rising productivity of labor is a myth, a statistical illusion created by measuring combined output in terms of labor input.”
“People should go to their local grocery store or farmers' market and buy ugly, misshapen foods, then cook with them and document their dishes. And share not only the funny-looking foods, but the fantastic results.”

Source : "How ugly food can end hunger". Interview with Lauren Lee-Johnson, edition.cnn.com. November 23, 2015.
“I think most people try to get others to see through their eyes.”
“I remember getting this scrapbook that this girl made, that I actually gave to my mom to hold onto because she has a 'Twilight' shrine in their house in Florida. It was just this scrapbook of me, starting with 'Twilight,' and the whole progression of me and my career throughout that, and other stuff that I had done in between.”
“Nature is made to conspire with spirit to emancipate us.”
“You don't talk about paintings, you look at them.”
“Sometimes I'm like Dory from Finding Nemo. I can't remember facts.”
“I'm giving all that I have in this life. I'm opening up my notebook and I'm saying everything in there out loud.”

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