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Inherent to socialism is the absence of choice. If I want to choose my own pretzels or books or iphones, they prevent me – they fine me, or imprison me. And those systems, not infrequently have historically, have developed into systems where there are programs.
Rand PaulRand Paul The church has historically been very slow to embrace technology. Until very recently, their idea of a laptop was an altar boy.
Bill MaherBill Maher Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
Ruby BridgesRuby Bridges By the way, Wonder Woman is Amazonian, and historically accurate Amazonian women actually had only one breast. So, if I’d really go ‘by the book’ it’d be problematic.
Gal GadotGal Gadot The tapestry of history has no point at which you can cut it and leave the design intelligible.
Dorothea DixDorothea Dix There is no such thing as talking about class without there being implications of the racial history of the United States. You just can’t do it.
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez Your personal history is a part of what happens with your hands and your head as you play music.
Dave GrohlDave Grohl What’s happening now is what happened before, and often what’s going to happen again sometime or other.
Orson WellesOrson Welles MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people’s beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty?
Patrick HenryPatrick Henry You were fully clothed in lies, I was naked in truth. Still, when morning came It was I who survived the cold.
Obehi Vessel A.Obehi Vessel A. I loved you as Icarus loved the sun- too close, too much.
David JonesDavid Jones We attract who our souls need to grow.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You’re my bad habit, on this dark planet, light up my world like stars, now they’re ashes.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Permanence is a wonderful magician. Now you see him, next he goes on to perform the greatest disappearing act of all time.
Hamilton K. AmadiHamilton K. Amadi Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans