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Gregg Williams Football Coach
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"We've got to do everything in the world to make sure we kill Frank Gore's head. We want him running sideways. We want his head sideways."

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Gren Wells Filmmaker
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"Because audiences all over the world can see an independent film almost anywhere and anytime, these new distribution outlets have opened a door that is revolutionizing the movie-going experience."

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Griffin Jay Musician
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"I swear by the mighty power of Amon-Ra, whose anger can shatter the world, and by the dread power of Set, that I will never betray my trust as High Priest of Karnak."

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"I have painted portraits that to me are almost photographic. I remember hesitating to show the paintings, they looked so real to me. But they have passed into the world as abstractions - no one seeing what they are."

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Franz Kafka Writer
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"He is a free and secure citizen of the world because he is on a chain that is long enough to allow him access to all parts of the earth, and yet not so long that he could be swept over the edge of it."

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Franz Kafka Writer
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"there is nothing bad to fear; once you have crossed that threshold, all is well. Another world, and you do not have to speak"

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Fred Barnes Journalist
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"Never miss it - that's the second biggest compliment I'd give to RealClearPolitics.com. The first is that it has become indispensable to anyone, in or outside of journalism, who's interested in politics, policy, or world affairs."

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"Humans may be destroying their chances for decent survival. It won't kill everybody, but it would change the world dramatically."

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"There are in fact many ways to combat the Trump project of creating a tiny America, isolated from the world, cowering in fear behind walls while pursuing the Paul Ryan-style domestic policies that represent the most savage wing of the Republican establishment."

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"The US cannot be brought to the World Court for major crimes, for example the supreme international crime, invasion, or violation of the UN Charter, or violation of the Genocide Convention, these are things the US is exempt from, because they exempted themselves from being subjected to international treaties in World Court proceedings."

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"In the pre-capitalist world, everyone had a place. It might not have been a very nice place, even maybe a horrible place, but at least they had some place in the spectrum of the society and they had some kind of a right to live in the place. Now that's inconsistent with capitalism, which denies the right to live. You have only the right to remain on the labour market."

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
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"The United States invaded Iraq to gain control of one of the major sources of the world's energy."

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