Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
ABBIE HOFFMANStructure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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In this state, dig it, you get twenty years for sale of dope to a minor. You only get five to ten for manslaughter. So like, the thing is, if you’re selling to a kid and cops come, shoot the kid real quick!
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Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.
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Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.
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The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.
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Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.
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Fantasy is the only truth.
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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.
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A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station, not the factory. It concentrates its energy on infiltrating and changing the image system.
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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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There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!
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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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The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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The essence of successful revolution, be it for an individual, a community of individuals, or a nation, depends on accepting that challenge.
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It’s going to be a combination Scopes trial, revolution in the streets, Woodstock Festival and People’s Park, all rolled into one.
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