Baptists burn more slowly.
BILLY BRAGGThe evil lot who did that thing on September 11 did it because they wanted to create a war between America and Islam. And by invading Iraq, we gave them what they hoped for.
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Money maketh man a tory, don’t fire that assumption at me, I like toast as much as anyone but not for breakfast, dinner and tea
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You have to recognise your responsibility to your community for your actions. Liberty doesn’t mean that you are not held accountable.
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Just because you’re gay, I won’t turn you away. If you stick around, I’m sure we can find some common ground.
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What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands.
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We’ve heard so much about the American dream: well, Trump is the American nightmare made flesh.
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Never trust anyone who has no doubts. And I’m not talking about scepticism either: scepticism can be a healthy thing.
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I’m just saying that we need to find a better way to manifest the broader society’s aspirations, politically.
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A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.
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I think if you’re going to make political art, you have to engage at some level. You can’t just write about politics, you have to try and be politics as well.
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The evil lot who did that thing on September 11 did it because they wanted to create a war between America and Islam. And by invading Iraq, we gave them what they hoped for.
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So, in some ways, the political songs tend to be a bit more like reportage, whereas the love songs tend to be like novels, you can pick them up off the shelf and go into them any time.
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If you’ve got a blacklist, I want to be on it.
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I’m celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo
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I’m still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I’m much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that’s because they’ve moved, not me.
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All the things about ‘the ugly American’ that we worry about and which the Americans see in themselves, it’s all of that. This is a politics of egotistical display.
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