"Our cause is just. Our union is perfect."

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Source : Declaration of reasons for taking up arms against England, presented to Congress, 8 July 1775, in C. J. Stillè 'The Life and Times of John Dickinson' (1891) ch. 5

John Dickinson

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“Of course you want to keep making good records, but I think there were certain aspects to the indie rock situation at that point where we were pushing the envelope a little bit too far. We weren't happy with the distribution we were getting, and a few other things. So for a lot of ways it made sense for us to jump to a major label right then, and it made sense in terms of challenging ourselves to put ourselves in new situations.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“What I do is work for three or four years and then I take a year off, and then I come back again and work for three or four years and then take another year off. It is not about just working and then writing for a year. That is not how it is structured. It is about doing very conscious goal-driven activities for four years and then taking a year off in complete surrender to discover facets of myself that I don't know exist and exploring interests with no commercial value associated with them at all.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net
“I think it sort of dawns on you that if you're not gigging constantly you're not actually relevant. You may be relevant to a different part of the media now, to television commissioners and editors, but to a young live-comedy audience you're not, really.”

Source : "Tears of a clown". Interview with Laura Barton, www.theguardian.com. March 27, 2007.
“One of the weaknesses in the cooperative is that it has never been sufficiently leavened by the imagination. This is a quick-silver faculty, and likely to be a cause of worry to any collective settlement.”
“Half of your power lies in your sameness with others. The other half lies in your uniqueness.”
“Let us not suffer from a national amnesia that causes us to forget who and what we are.”
“The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to find lifelong purchase in our bloodstreams.”
“I hate high fashion. I hate that we reward people for being genetic freaks. You hear the guys announcing the runway shows saying, 'A pretty face is your best asset this season.' And what? Ugly girls had a free ride last year?”

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