#be

There are massive efforts on the part of the internet's corporate owners to try to direct it to become a technique of marginalisation and control. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#control #corporate #direct #efforts #internet

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all. ↗

— John Updike

#artists #behalf #content #distinguishes #entertainers

For 500 years, since European explorers came, Latin American countries had been separated from one another. They had very limited relations. Integration is a prerequisite for independence. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#another #been #came #countries #european

Now financial liberalization is just a catastrophe waiting to happen, and there are very well understood reasons for that. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#financial #happen #just #liberalization #now

State formation has been a brutal project, with many hideous consequences. But the results exist, and their pernicious aspects should be overcome. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#been #brutal #consequences #exist #formation

I know, because I tried all sorts of ways of being in character, and the best way is to be totally straight. ↗

— Tommy Chong

#being #best #best way #character #i

I've always been into improvisation. ↗

— Tommy Chong

#been #i #improvisation #into

I've been a good boy, I've never really been convicted of serious crime. ↗

— Tommy Chong

#boy #convicted #crime #good #i

Maybe once in a while, you know, after a hard day of shooting or something like that, I'd kick back. ↗

— Tommy Chong

#back #day #hard #hard day #i

Religion is run by thought police. 'Obey. Listen. This is what you do. Don't ask questions. Go die for your country.' The spirituality says, 'Okay, you can die for your country, but know what you're doing while you're doing it.' ↗

— Tommy Chong

#country #die #doing #go #know