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If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves. ↗

— Howard Zinn

#control #corporate #dominate #executives #ideas

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports. ↗

— Richard Burton

#decays #embraces #false #friendship #gives

Yeah. I do. I think that we have to continue to expand the areas in which we want our kids to be literate. And social media's going to be a part of their lives. And why not? Why not give them a sense of what the rules of the road are? ↗

— LeVar Burton

#continue #expand #give #going #i

Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help. ↗

— Carter Burwell

#always #around #corner #gives #help

There's a direct link between percentage of young people that are educated and how we live our lives. ↗

— Jeb Bush

#direct #educated #how #link #live

Then we have a World Run, where representatives from all the charters meet. ↗

— Chuck Zito

#meet #representatives #run #then #where

Twenty-five million veterans are living among us today. These men and women selflessly set aside their civilian lives to put on the uniform and serve us. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#aside #civilian #lives #living #men

Most of our lives aren't that exciting, but the drama is still going on in the small details. ↗

— David Byrne

#drama #exciting #going #lives #most

Do we care about these people that are HIV-positive whose lives have been ruined? Those are the people I'm the most concerned about. Every night I think about this. ↗

— Kary Mullis

#been #care #concerned #every #every night

Most people spend their whole lives looking for the right job. There are others who never get an opportunity to do work that fulfils them. ↗

— Zhang Ziyi

#get #job #lives #looking #most