"Cities produce in me melancholy or a tension I don't need."

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"Most peoples are prisoners of other people's thoughts."

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"We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche."

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"Women who don't like the rules change the rules."

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Deyth Banger, American Blogger

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"In a materialistic society, the dead body of a rich man's dog is regarded as a corpse; that of a poor man, a carcass."

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"The action or inaction of any government does not negate the Personal Responsibility of the citizens."

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"I often heard about his cases and I often sat in on his trials. In the late 1960s when I was growing up I wanted to be a crusader like him but I didn't want to wear a suit and commute."

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"Most peoples are prisoners of other people's thoughts."

"We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche."

"Women who don't like the rules change the rules."

"People are very busy; they are so busy that when they walk in the crowds they see no one, no one but themselves; they hear no voice, no voice but their own voice!"

"Probably the people on the street know better than the people at home."

"In a materialistic society, the dead body of a rich man's dog is regarded as a corpse; that of a poor man, a carcass."

"People on corporate conveyor belts, like animals in slaughter-chutes are all part of the same big massacre of joy."

"Poverty is like a crumb that sits at a table, and starves itself to death."

"The action or inaction of any government does not negate the Personal Responsibility of the citizens."

"If you have any hate in your heart, you will not be able to create a society that is just."

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"Time made me change. I gradually woke up to the realization that this is who I am, an author, a public figure, and I couldn't just hide in my study, tapping away at the keyboard and pretend that I didn't have a role to play beyond stringing words together."

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"It doesn't matter who you are, how many awards you've won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you've had."

"I often heard about his cases and I often sat in on his trials. In the late 1960s when I was growing up I wanted to be a crusader like him but I didn't want to wear a suit and commute."