"Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are."
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"To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated."
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"Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes."
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"When the leaders speak of peace The common folk know That war is coming When the leaders curse war The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers."
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"What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?"
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"Boy Meets Girl, So What?"
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"Sometimes I have visions of myself driving through hell, selling sulphur and brimstone, or through heaven peddling refreshments to the roaming souls. If me and the children I've got left could find a place where there's no shooting, I wouldn't mind a few years of peace and quiet."
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"Schoenberg is too melodious for me, too sweet."
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"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon."
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"All artforms are in the service of the greatest of all arts: the art of living."
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"All the gang of those who rule us Hope our quarrels never stop Helping them to split and fool us So they can remain on top."
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"Everyone needs help from everyone."
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"From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first."
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"We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it's all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It's the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians."
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"Reality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change."
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"The war which is coming Is not the first one. There were Other wars before it. When the last one came to an end There were conquerors and conquered. Among the conquered the common people Starved. Among the conquerors The common people starved too."
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"Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good."
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"Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life."
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"People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost."
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"War is like love, it always finds a way."
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