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Because we do not sell photographs, we have no royalties on books, posters, postcards. ↗

— Christo

#books #photographs #postcards #posters #royalties

We must remain steadfast in our commitment to our troops, and to those fighting for a free and democratic Iraq because freedom makes our country and the world a safer place. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#commitment #country #democratic #democratic iraq #fighting

Without the right tools, we can't police our markets from illegal trade. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#markets #our #police #right #tools

The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates. ↗

— Frank Chodorov

#any #because #giving #giving up #incapable

Parenting, as an unpaid occupation outside the world of public power, entails lower status, less power, and less control of resources than paid work. ↗

— Nancy Chodorow

#entails #less #lower #occupation #outside

The bands that wrote the big, heroic rock songs - I really wanted to make a record like that. ↗

— Sheryl Crow

#big #heroic #i #like #make

I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history – true or feigned– with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#books #literature #experience

The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#betray #i #intellectual #myself #power

If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#comforting #illusion #live #world

If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#amazed #long #mars #observer #probably