"One takes what the river offers, both good and bad. The joy of living by running water far outweighs the sorrow."

“Our civilization is facing a radical, imminent mass change. The alternative to the hierarchical power structure is based on mutual aid and group consensus. As hackers we can learn these systems, manipulate these systems, and shut down these systems if we need to.”

“I stand before you today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency of the United States. I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud. I am not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although I am a woman, and I am equally proud of that. I am not the candidate of any political bosses or special interests. I am the candidate of the people.”

“...chief executives of large fossil fuel companies to [should] be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and nature; [Hansen] accusing them of actively spreading doubt about global warming in the same way that tobacco companies blurred the links between smoking and cancer.”

“The tragedy is that everyone thinks they already have goals. But what they really have are hopes and wishes.”

“When you're a young comedian the first thing you want to do is get a laugh.”

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“Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.”

“When you're around your family, and you have that history and that shared language, you say things you'd be embarrassed to hear quoted back to you later.”

“The job of the novelist is to invent: to embroider, to color, to embellish, to entertain, to make things up. The art of what I do lies not in research or even recollection but primarily in invention.”