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I've always had trouble with authority. ↗

— John Milius

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There is a certain kind of respect for authenticity today that there wasn't back in the days when they did 'Cleopatra,' where everything looked like a giant motel. People want to have it be authentic in the look, and authentic in the way people behave. ↗

— John Milius

#authenticity #back #behave #certain #cleopatra

Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills. ↗

— John Milius

#does #great #great deal #just #learn

Yeah, I think that's it... It's like Jesse James. He became really popular because he lasted so long. You know, there is some degree of truth to the fact that time will dignify anything, too. ↗

— John Milius

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You never know when you're going to be considered un-hip... The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually. ↗

— John Milius

#going #judgment #know #never #nothing

People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages. ↗

— C. Wright Mills

#believe #happen #just #loath #people

The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, THAT my friends, is true perversion. ↗

— Harvey Milk

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It takes no compromising to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no survey to remove repressions. ↗

— Harvey Milk

#give #individual #money #people #remove

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#conservative #conservatives #most #people #stupid

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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