“He was not what he made up his mind to be. A man was the sum of his limits: freedom only made him see how much so.” — Gish Jen, Typical American
Tag: freedom
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“That kind of life—the parties, the drugs, the staying up all night—is basically repetitive. It doesn’t get you anywhere and it isn’t meant to, because what it represents is freedom.” — Rachel Cusk, Freedom
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“The suburbs are far more sinister places than most city dwellers imagine. Their very blandness forces the imagination into new areas. I mean, one’s got to get up in the morning thinking of a deviant act, merely to make certain of one’s freedom. It needn’t be much; kicking the dog will do.” — J.G. Ballard, The Art of Fiction No. 85, the Paris Review (Winter 1984)
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“A despot doesn’t fear eloquent writers preaching freedom — he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold.” — E. B. White, “Salt Water Farm”, One Man’s Meat
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“Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything.” — Floyd Dell, Were You Ever a Child?
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“I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations.” — James Madison, Speech at the Virginia Convention to ratify the Federal Constitution (1788-06-06)
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“All errors which he is likely to commit against advice and warning, are far outweighed by the evil of allowing others to constrain him to what they deem his good.” — John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
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“Eternal vigilance, as they say, is the price of freedom. Add intellectual integrity to the cost basis.” — Stephen Jay Gould, “The Tallest Tale,” Leonardo’s Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms
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“You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom. You can only be free if I am free.” — Clarence Darrow, Address to the court in People v. Lloyd (1920)
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“Freedom means the right to be stupid.” — Penn Jillette, Free FM Radio Show (2006-09-15)
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