I learned one thing; you never do anything for fame or money. You only do things ’cause they’re fun or good. If you can combine the two at the same time, you can make a contribution to the world and have a lot of happiness.
ABBIE HOFFMANLife-actors never rehearse and need no script. A life-actor uses whatever he has available, nothing more, nothing less.
More Abbie Hoffman Quotes
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..you just get stoned, get the ideas in your head and then do ’em. And don’t bullshit. I mean that’s the thing about doin’ that guerrilla theatre. You be prepared to die to prove your point.
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The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain’t going.
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Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it’s something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles.
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If you don’t have sex and you don’t do drugs, your rock ‘n’ roll better be awfully good.
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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.
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The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain’t going.
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A revolution in consciousness is an empty high without a revolution in the distribution of power. We are not interested in the greening of Amerika except for the grass that will cover its grave.
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Peace is a very complicated concept. When the lion gobbles up the lamb and wipes his lips, then there’s peace. Well, I ain’t for that peace at all.
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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning. I think I’ve learned that lesson twice now.
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Smoking dope and hanging up Che’s picture is no more a commitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.
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I just want to do what has to be done so much. I’ll never understand why everyone else doesn’t feel this way.
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Fantasy is the only truth.
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Life-actors never rehearse and need no script. A life-actor uses whatever he has available, nothing more, nothing less.
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Once you get the right image the details aren’t that important.
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