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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"The leading student of business propaganda, Australian social scientist Alex Carey, argues persuasively that “the 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy."

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John F. Kennedy Politician
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"So, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved."

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John F. Kennedy Politician
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"Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolution, the first waves of modern invention and the first wave of nuclear power. And this generation does not intend to founder in the backwash of the coming age of space. We mean to be part of it-we mean to lead it."

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Joyce Meyer Author, Speaker
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"Each time we cooperate with God, we take one more giant step forward. Because when God asks us to change, it means that He always has something better to give us - more freedom, greater joy, and greater blessings."

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Carol P. Christ Scholar
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"If we do not mean that God is male when we use masculine pronouns and imagery, then why should there be any objections to using female imagery and pronouns as well?"

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Ali Shariati Philosopher, Activist
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"I'm amazed, that how salam (peace) is always the first word to start a meeting. but in prayer it is the end word. Maybe it means the end of prayer is the start of a meeting."

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Audrey Hepburn Actress, Humanitarian
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"I can testify to what UNICEF means to children, because I was among those who received food and medical relief right after World War II."

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Stella Adler Actress, Director
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"The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation."

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Leo Tolstoy Novelist, Philosopher
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"Patriotism in its simplest, clearest and most indubitable signification is nothing else but a means of obtaining for the rulers their ambitions and covetous desires, and for the ruled the abdication of human dignity, reason, conscience, and a slavish enthrallment to those in power."

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Hugo Black Justice
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"The First Amendment's language leaves no room for inference that abridgments of speech and press can be made just because they are slight. That Amendment provides, in simple words, that "Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." I read "no law . . . abridging" to mean no law abridging."

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Actor, Bodybuilder, Politician
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"There are some girls who are turned on by my body, and some others who are turned off. but for the majority i just use it as a conversation piece. like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd street would have a natural conversation piece. then when they get to talking to me they see i am not mean but gentle to them and thats all they want to know"

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Jamie Oliver Chef, Author, Television Personality
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"If you can eat with mates or friends or family, I mean, it's such a brilliant thing isn't it? If you feel really rubbish and you have a nice bit of food it makes you feel good, you know?"

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Joyce Carol Oates Author, Poet
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"Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul."

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Kurt Cobain Musician, Singer-Songwriter
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"Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock."

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Charles Bukowski Poet, Novelist
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"Sex is interesting, but it's not totally important. I mean it's not even as important (physically) as excretion. A man can go seventy years without a piece of ass, but he can die in a week without a bowel movement."

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