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Илмар Шалаоя

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Damn the Machine - The Story of Noise Records

by David E. Gehlke

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The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse

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“Balance every thought with its opposition. Because the marriage of them is the destruction of illusion.”
― Aleister Crowley

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“Utopian speculations ... must come back into fashion. They are a way of affirming faith in the possibility of solving problems that seem at the moment insoluble. Today even the survival of humanity is a utopian hope.”
― Norman O. Brown, Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytical Meaning of History

tags: annalee-newitz, dystopia, humanity, utopia

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“When a liberal is abused, he says, ‘Thank God they didn’t beat me.’ When he is beaten, he thanks God they didn’t kill him. When he is killed, he will thank God that his immortal soul has been delivered from its mortal clay.”
― Vladimir Lenin

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“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

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“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.”
― Edward Abbey

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