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It's up to us, the people, to break immoral laws, and resist. As soon as the leaders of a country lie to you, they have no authority over you. These maniacs have no authority over us. And they might be able to put our bodies in prison, but they can't put our spirits in prison. ↗

— Cindy Sheehan

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The book may be garbage, but if it weighs in at a kilo or more, I stand before its author in awe. ↗

— Arthur Smith

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You can't become a star just by watching one on TV. Dream big and go for your goals! ↗

— Koltn Burbank

#inspirational-thought #quote #teenage-author #dreams

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist. ↗

— Lysander Spooner

#authorized #been #case #certain #constitution

There is no there there. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#athlete #authorities #chances #even #forty

War, in some instances, especially defensive, has been authorized by Heaven. ↗

— Ezra Stiles

#been #defensive #especially #heaven #instances

Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#book #books #develop #different #different styles

Instead, I was interested in what I guess I could call narrative indeterminacy, in questioning the apparent, taken-for-granted authority of any particular representation of the events in question. ↗

— Peter Straub

#apparent #authority #call #could #events

In writing the history of a disease, every philosophical hypothesis whatsoever, that has previously occupied the mind of the author, should lie in abeyance. ↗

— Thomas Sydenham

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