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"The need to speak the truth and even to seek it for oneself is only conceivable in so far as the individual thinks and acts as one of a society, and not of any society (for it is just the constraining relations between superior and inferior that often drive the latter to prevarication) but of a society founded on reciprocity and mutual respect, and therefore on cooperation."
"I'm trying to set out the passion and complexity of this sport. Many people think it's a dumb activity: stand on the gas and turn left. In fact, it's probably one of the most complex sports in existence."
"Mass transportation is doomed to failure in North America because a person's car is the only place where he can be alone and think."
"The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual - as we think so will we act."
"I don't think in art there is ever a precedent; each moment is a new one and terrifying and threatening and bursting with hope."
"When you first sit down to write the first song, until you've maybe got three or four under your belt, it's always, to me, like a mountain to climb. You look at that one blank piece of paper and you think, `God, how many songs do I have to write here?' It always feels like pressure."
"Wherever schools can be integrated through the busing method, and where it won't be just a, a terrible inconvenience, I think it ought to be done."
"When death comes…. I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering: what it’s going to be like, that cottage of darkness? And therefore I look upon everything as a brotherhood and a sisterhood, and I look upon time as no more than an idea, and I consider eternity as another possibility, and I think of each life as a flower, as common as a field daisy, and as singular, and each name a comfortable music in the mouth, tending, as all music does, toward silence, and each body as a lion of courage, and something precious to the earth. [from the poem "When Death Comes"]"
"I think that, if the world was a bit more like Comic-Con, we'd all be a little happier."
"I wish that we could look into each other's faces, in each other's eyes, and see our own selves. I hope that the children have not been so scarred by their upbringing that they only think fear when they see someone else who looks separate from them."
"If you're for the right thing, you do it without thinking."
"I think the more we know the better we are. I mean not just facts. The more we know about each other, the closer we are to learn something about our selves."
"One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being."
"You know, I think, people of all stripes in California, Republicans, Democrats, conservatives, liberals, frankly, as I have traveled the state, the number one issue is jobs. And they are looking for which candidate can get the economy back on track."
"I think maybe it is about time for a governor who has created jobs, who's managed a budget, who's led and inspired large organizations, who listens well, and who can drive an agenda"
"I think that everything is part of creativity - the more you create, the more you have ideas, and the more you meet people."
"I think the reason I'm an actress is because I love playing kind of a more extreme people."
"I'm always tinkering with something - suddenly I'll think I can work with wood, but then I'll realize I can't, so I go back to sewing."
"You got to be careful to not get too comfortable with incremental improvement. I think sometimes you just got to jump off a ledge."
"I have a lot to say about the world, clearly. I can't put together a clear sentence about it all, but through the work I can say what I think."
