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“There is no way any rational, reasonable person can say that the Bush Administration has been good for America.”
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“Democracy entails a correlation between the public interest as expressed by a majority of the population and the governmental policies that affect them. The term encompasses various manifestations, including direct, participatory and representative democracy, but Governments must be responsive to people and not to special interests such as the military-industrial complex, financial bankers and transnational corporations. Democracy is inclusive and does not privilege an anthropological aristocracy.”
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“Because as much as I love figuring out other people's puzzles, and love putting words together in ways that feel good to sing and sound good together and suit the melody, I think most of the best songs in the world are fairly clear about what they mean to say.”
Source : "Burning Airlines". Interview with Camilo Arturo Leslie, pitchfork.com. February 1, 2001. 
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“Vegetarianism can easily reach religious proportions. Refraining from meat on moral grounds serves to dignify feelings of guilt toward sad-eyed, furry creatures and substitutes righteousness for squeamishness.”
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“When in some communities selling drugs is so lucrative that that's a pretty big enticement that we have to break down. Part of that is by making opportunities and paying decent wages.”
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“Woman, thou art a river, deep and wide, Of waters soft and sweet: Alas! I've never reached the other side; Though oft I've wet my feet!”
Source : William Batchelder Greene (1871). “Imogen: And Other Poems”, p.62
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“We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation.”
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“American power in the world relies on these ideals of openness and critical debate.”
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“I have made new friends and have many new people that I know. But hey, you will always be a special part of my heart because no one has been able to replace the space you left in it.”
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“You can get some spiked up greens even with no metal spikes, it just depends.”
Source : Interview, www.rydercup.com. September 14, 2004.
