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Asking a sociologist to solve a problem is like prescribing an enema for diarrhea.


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The despair is there; now it's up to us to go in and rub raw the sores of discontent, galvanize them for radical social change.

The despair is there; now it's up to us to go in and rub raw the sores of discontent, galvanize them for radical social change.



True revolutionaries do not flaunt their radicalism. They cut their hair, put on suits and infiltrate the system from within.

True revolutionaries do not flaunt their radicalism. They cut their hair, put on suits and infiltrate the system from within.



They have the guns and therefore we are for peace and for reformation through the ballot. When we have the guns then it will be through the bullet.

They have the guns and therefore we are for peace and for reformation through the ballot. When we have the guns then it will be through the bullet.



Control healthcare and you control the people

Control healthcare and you control the people



Never let a crisis go to waste

Never let a crisis go to waste



History is a relay of revolutions.

History is a relay of revolutions.



In the beginning the organizer's first job is to create the issues or problems.

In the beginning the organizer's first job is to create the issues or problems.



Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict.

Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict.



The fourth rule is: "Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules." You can kill them with this, for they can no more obey their own rules than the Christian church can live up to Christianity.

The fourth rule is: "Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules." You can kill them with this, for they can no more obey their own rules than the Christian church can live up to Christianity.



The establishment can accept being screwed, but not being laughed at

The establishment can accept being screwed, but not being laughed at





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That morning he feels fresh-scrubbed and cleansed, as if he is being given yet another opportunity to live his life correctly.

That morning he feels fresh-scrubbed and cleansed, as if he is being given yet another opportunity to live his life correctly.



If you can have faith in your real self, you'll suffer less. Be bold about who you really are.

If you can have faith in your real self, you'll suffer less. Be bold about who you really are.



For any of us to come to the understanding that we are common and unlearned is the accomplishment of a lifetime.

For any of us to come to the understanding that we are common and unlearned is the accomplishment of a lifetime.



If you believe our president, a former oil businessman, is going to end our addiction to oil, shame on all of us.

If you believe our president, a former oil businessman, is going to end our addiction to oil, shame on all of us.



I would like to deny all allegations by Bob Hope that during my last game of golf, I hit an eagle, a birdie, an elk and a moose.

I would like to deny all allegations by Bob Hope that during my last game of golf, I hit an eagle, a birdie, an elk and a moose.



It's one of those things when you are in a role you have to do what they ask you to do. If they want me to come in and stick it in, I have to come in and stick it in.

It's one of those things when you are in a role you have to do what they ask you to do. If they want me to come in and stick it in, I have to come in and stick it in.



If you were a woman, all I'd have to say is 'Colin Firth in a wet shirt' and you'd say 'Ah.

If you were a woman, all I'd have to say is 'Colin Firth in a wet shirt' and you'd say 'Ah.



When you've tried all the salves in the world and they don't work, you start thinking about fire

When you've tried all the salves in the world and they don't work, you start thinking about fire



Realizing that nothing can last, that all is as dreamlike illusion.

Realizing that nothing can last, that all is as dreamlike illusion.




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