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The state would rather give me an uzi than a microphone.


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If you ain't angry, you ain't paying attention.



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Many claim that it is insane to resist the system; but actually, it is insane not to.



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Very few people in prison have voices that go beyond the wall. It's my job to do the work for them because they have no one.



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I spend my days preparing for life, not preparing for death.



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The role of television is the illusion of company, noise. I call it the fifth wall and the second window: the window of illusion.



Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours and hours into days.

Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours and hours into days.



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If the Constitution can be used against one, it can be used against all.





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