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		A lot of native culture has been destroyed. So you already feel lost inside your culture. And then you add up feeling lost and insignificant inside the larger culture. So you end up feeling lost squared. And to never be recognized, to never have any power, you know, other minority communities actually have a lot of economic, cultural power.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sherman Alexie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Now, if the ignorance of nature gave birth to Gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Baron d'Holbach 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the beginning was the Word. Then came the fucking word processor. Then came the thought processor. Then came the death of literature. And so it goes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Simmons 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always made a point of not wasting my life, and every time I come back here I know that all I've done is to waste my life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Arthur Miller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Wonderful coffee. Meal in itself 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Arthur Miller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I try to be outraged by things that other people are just very accepting of, as though they're normal and can't be changed. A lot of what I write about is, 'Hey, you know, this stuff is really awful, and it doesn't need to be, and that's why it's so offensive.' Things should be better. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Matt Taibbi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Telling me that I can't do something is probably the worst thing that anyone can say, because I'll definitely do it. I'm very determined. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dustin Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		It's true that everything has its Personal Legend, but one day that Personal Legend will be realized. So each thing has to transform itself into something better, and to acquire a new Personal Legend, until, someday, the Soul of the World becomes one thing only. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Paulo Coelho 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think anyone who makes products has this simultaneous joy and, almost, shame looking at it. You look at it all day, and all you can see is all these things you want to make better. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ben Silbermann 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The quibble I have with President [Barack] Obama is,and I think some other people will have it, too is that the rhetoric is fine, and identifying the problem is fine. But it`s to use a football analogy, he sort of pushes it into the red zone, and then tends to settle for a field goal. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A lot of native culture has been destroyed. So you already feel lost inside your culture. And then you add up feeling lost and insignificant inside the larger culture. So you end up feeling lost squared. And to never be recognized, to never have any power, you know, other minority communities actually have a lot of economic, cultural power. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sherman Alexie