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"The band has a liberal philosophy - that's sort of a given."
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"Liberal soccer moms are precisely as likely to receive anthrax in the mail as to develop a capacity for linear thinking."
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"Whenever a liberal begins a statement with 'I don't know which is more frightening,' you know the answer is going to be pretty clear."
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"'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'"
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"The silent majority really is a liberal majority, even though the word liberal has taken a real beating over the last 20 years by radical conservatives."
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"A liberal is a man who will give away everything he doesn't own."
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"But I think it's undeniable that the Times is a liberal paper."
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"If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today."
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"I've always been a liberal and I've always had strong socialist leanings."
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"This liberal progressive agenda... is the antithesis of who we are as a constitutional republic."
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"American public opinion is like an ocean, it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon."
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"It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you're looking for some sort of payoff, it's not gonna happen."
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"I was surrounded by nature and trying to come to terms with this blissful nature versus the inhumane mentality of war. People were being deluded by someone using the word peace."
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"Anyone who grows up with parents who are very influential, there are cases where people run away from that if they have parents who are really lame."
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"Lyric writing is an interesting process in Sonic Youth. There's three people writing now, and we've all had a lot of interest and involvement with expression through words."
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"Kids think of us as being totally over the hill."
Being

"Most people can't tell now who wrote what. I like that blurring of identities within the band. because it becomes a unified thing that can't be related to other forms of historical poetry."
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"Rock'n'roll saved my soul."
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"It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation."
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"We're all very sensitive that Jim has the shortest history with the band. He wants to be somewhat of a free agent. I'm just going to let time dictate how Jim's future evolves."
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"Each member does whatever they want with the song and it totally changes it from whatever idea I hear around it. It turns it into a Sonic Youth song and completely away from it being a solo song."
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