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		If I were God, or the sultan, or just the chief justice, this prescription for change would look very different from what I propose here. Citizens United would be overturned. Voting rights protections would be restored. Partisan gerrymandering would be legislated and litigated into oblivion. The Electoral College might be dissolved. But to paraphrase former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, you don't wage de-devolution with the power you wish for; you wage it with the power you have. As a matter of both political reality and human mortality, the Supreme Court is out of reach for a generation. To protect democracy, we must otherwise intervene. This manifesto, therefore, is a platform for change built of six wholly unrelated planks--economic, regulatory, militant, educational, inspirational, harmonious--to counter the forces of ruinous fragmentation. . .
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bob Garfield 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		People who are fit are the same as anyone else. The only difference is their level of commitment. If looking good and being fit was easy, everyone would do it! Most people don't want to put in the work or make the sacrifices needed in order to be fit. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I've met people who will go to a movie that I can't stand and they say that they saw that movie ten times. There's something they like and identified in that movie, and I don't see it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oliver Stone 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		To go back, the mistake that Universal Studios made with 'Dawn of the Dead' was that they didn't have enough money or cared enough to make a soundtrack. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zack Snyder 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My first introduction to television, and really just the business in general, was working with David Lynch, with his incredibly open, creative mind that was not following any rules. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I think people think of me as this elegant person because they always see me dressed up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what it is. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lao Tzu 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The way we're attached to our phones these days, they buzz and twitch in our pockets, and we have to look and see if it was a text, a voicemail, or an e-mail. We're almost like lab rats. I tried to eschew the whole cell phone theory until I had kids; then, I had to be reachable at all times. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Laure Manaudou 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I sing in many different colors and, hopefully, they add up to a great performance that, after you leave the theater, makes you feel like I've really shared something of myself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Idina Menzel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Women inspire me. Women in the airports, around the country in different cities, destinations around the world, inspire me with the way they express their individuality. I love watching women and discovering all the ways each person uses a color, pattern, a style, even a lipstick color. I'm a people watcher. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I like to stand right in front of my opponent. I think it makes for an exciting fight. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Canelo Alvarez 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pablo Picasso 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A heck of a lot more accountability comes from individuals or the church doing it than the government, that signs off on helping people at 5 o'clock, because it comes from the heart, not from a badge or a mandate. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Doug LaMalfa 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Journalists play God when they decide for their readers when to hide information from them. Frequently, those choices are unavoidable. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Parker Conrad 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I were God, or the sultan, or just the chief justice, this prescription for change would look very different from what I propose here. Citizens United would be overturned. Voting rights protections would be restored. Partisan gerrymandering would be legislated and litigated into oblivion. The Electoral College might be dissolved. But to paraphrase former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, you don't wage de-devolution with the power you wish for; you wage it with the power you have. As a matter of both political reality and human mortality, the Supreme Court is out of reach for a generation. To protect democracy, we must otherwise intervene. This manifesto, therefore, is a platform for change built of six wholly unrelated planks--economic, regulatory, militant, educational, inspirational, harmonious--to counter the forces of ruinous fragmentation. . . 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bob Garfield