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“«Kind-hearted men, ye who weep over the evils of the Revolution (doubtless with too much reason), also shed a few tears for the evils which occasioned it.»”
― Jules Michelet

“In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”
― Desiderius Erasmus

“We are fascists as much as Hitler was a painter.”
― Laibach

“Жизнь дается человеку один раз, и прожить её надо так, чтобы не ошибиться в рецептах.”
― Венедикт Ерофеев, Moscow to the End of the Line

“Я, Михайлов Степан Аркадьевич, все понял.”
― Виктор Пелевин, Числа

“Pop is music for sheep and we are shepherds disguised as wolves.”
― Laibach, Excerpts from Interviews 1980–1995

“When fascism comes to America, it will not be in brown and black shirts. It will not be with jack-boots. It will be Nike sneakers and Smiley shirts...”
― George Carlin

“We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.”
― Konstantin Josef Jireček

“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”
― Cesar A. Cruz

“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“И они приняли рабочую гипотезу, что счастье в непрерывном познании неизвестного и смысл жизни в том же.”
― Arkady Strugatsky, Понедельник начинается в субботу

“And remember kids, the next time that somebody tells you, "The government wouldn't do that," oh yes they would.”
― Wendigoon

“Да будь я евреем преклонных годов,
И то – nicht zweifelnd und bitter,
Немецкий я б выучил только за то,
Что им разговаривал Гитлер.”
― Vladimir Sorokin, Day of the Oprichnik

“History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”
― Mark Twain

“Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn't give you what you desire - it tells you how to desire.”
― Slavoj Žižek

“Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent.”
― mao tse-tung

“Film lovers are sick people.”
― François Truffaut

“Softer than the flower, where kindness is concerned; stronger than the thunder, where principles are at stake.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

“And because, in all the Galaxy, they had found nothing more precious than Mind, they encouraged its dawning everywhere. They became farmers in the fields of stars; they sowed, and sometimes they reaped. And sometimes, dispassionately, they had to weed.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, 2010: Odyssey Two

“One culture invents clay tablets.
Others- ink, scrolls, papyrus, print...
But somehow, all the classics are written by another.”
― Puchkov Dmitriy (Goblin)

“Hello. We’re the ones who control your lives. We make the decisions that affect all of you. Isn’t it interesting to know that those who run your lives would have the nerve to tell you about it in this manner? Suffer, you fools. We know everything you do, and we know where you go. What do you think the cameras are for? And the global-positioning satellites? And the Social Security numbers? You belong to us. And it can’t be changed. Sign your petitions, walk your picket lines, bring your lawsuits, cast your votes, and write those stupid letters to whomever you please; you won’t change a thing. Because we control your lives. And we have plans for you. Go back to sleep. THEY”
― George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork chops?

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano

“It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane (or wicked, but I'd rather not consider that).”
― Richard Dawkins

“Let my heart be broken by the things that break the heart of God.”
― Bob Pierce

“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”
― Alan Watts

“This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.”
― Alan Watts

“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”
― Samuel Adams

“Peace is found when people stand for morality and reject
culture. Defend freedom at all costs and at all times and peace
will rule the world instead of tyrants.”
― Jeremy Locke, The End of All Evil