"We have not done the things that are necessary to lower emissions because these things fundamentally conflict with deregulated capitalismâ€¦ We are stuck because the actions that would give us the best chance of averting catastropheâ€“and would benefit the vast majorityâ€“are extremely threatening to an elite minority that has a stranglehold over our economy, our political process, and most of our major media outlets."

-- Naomi Klein

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“We're so obsessed with [big] data, we forget how to interpret it.”
“The best weapons of a Jew are his prayers.”
“The life of the arts is far from an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is close to the center of a nation's purpose-and is a test of the quality of a nations' civilization.”
“The news of any politician's death should be listed under Public Improvements.”
“Music's awesome, it's the closest thing we have to magic.”
“Just getting totally absorbed in that and therefore when I came back around to [Buckminster Fuller] and found that much of it was made up, I realized that nevertheless, it really was crucial, crucial for how he understood himself, I believe, and certainly crucial for how anyone else ever engaged in his ideas and therefore as a starting point, how can we engage in his ideas today, but with a remove of knowing that it is a myth and being able to navigate it in that sort of level, at that level of reading him as a story.”
“You make your own party.”
“Whether you're on TV or on the stage, you have to work hard to stay fresh, real, and full of energy. You can't settle back. You always have to stay on your toes.”

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