Chris Hedges Quotes
Those rebels who rise up to try to wrest back power from despotic forces will endure not only the violence of the state, but the hatred and vigilante violence meted out by the self-deluded victims of exploitation. The systems of propaganda will relentlessly demonize those who resist.

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All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.
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People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won't cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left out, and people are fearful of that. People are fearful of their leadership as well.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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I'm not trying to do anything too tricky.
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All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
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I am not a hereditary politician and do not have any substantial asset.
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Doing collections, doing fashion is like a non-stop dialogue.
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I was playing in other rock bands. Any of those bands didn't last long.
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Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.
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A man that ain't willin' to cheat for a poke don't want it bad enough.
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What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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I'm more of a tough girl, and I'm attracted to things that reflect that in my perfumes. That means sandalwood, musk, amber, and vanilla notes.
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I'm obsessed with Marcus Mumford. I've got to know him recently; he's amazing.
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I just wasn't cut out to be a Chinese Tiger Mom. I'm more of an Irish Setter Dad.
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Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.
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Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the world?
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Drive around through the state of Oklahoma, and you find some areas that really need to be improved.
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No, I don't have a feminine side. I've never been in touch with it. And the day I get in touch with my feminine side is the day I retire.
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I think Americans like the practical; they like the human. And I like both those things myself, and I try and put them into my books.
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Would you sell both your eyes for a million dollars...or your two legs...or your hands...or your hearing? Add up what you do have, and you'll find you won't sell them for all the gold in the world. The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate them.
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Everything is divisible. And so is this colossus of U.S. imperialism. It can be split up and defeated.
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Those rebels who rise up to try to wrest back power from despotic forces will endure not only the violence of the state, but the hatred and vigilante violence meted out by the self-deluded victims of exploitation. The systems of propaganda will relentlessly demonize those who resist.