"The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible"
"When we ever invited the beast to dinner he didn't come in and swipe the napkins and start taking notes on the tablecloth 'bout how to take over the whole house?"
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Source: Toni Cade Bambara (1982). “The Sea Birds are Still Alive: Stories”, Vintage
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