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		My goal was not to raise consciousness, but to raise anger. Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry... because, in America, we act on our collective anger. If you want proof of how that works, just take a look at how New York State finally closed the hated (and virtually unknown) 'incest exception.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Andrew Vachss 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in 'We, the people.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Jordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I suppose Spotify is a good thing. The ads are quite annoying, but a lot of people seem to like it and use it. I don't myself, but it seems like a good idea, and the labels are getting a huge amount of money off it, but the artists aren't, so that must be good for them... but not us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Calvin Harris 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				M. Ward 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is time Australian Muslims stop being treated as negotiable citizens in their own country. It is time people stop 'tolerating' us, presuming some right to decide if we have a place in our own home. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Randa Abdel-Fattah 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not faithful to one particular medium, and it's what I try to teach to people who work with me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fay Godwin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				F. Scott Fitzgerald 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Blending tracks and weaving and manipulating prerecorded music to create this mood, some people do it much better than others. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kaskade 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think God has blessed this country with enormous natural resources, and we should pursue all of the above. We should be developing oil, and gas, and coal, and nuclear, and wind, and solar, and ethanol, and biofuels. But, I don't believe that Washington should be picking winners and losers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ted Cruz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am a huge supporter for cash for caulkers - which allows people to make improvement for energy efficient in their homes. We should do the same for Americans purchasing appliances and computers and for that matter, new air-conditioner and heating units. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Harold Ford, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		And a tiny number of people in a few states make these decisions, and we're left with these options that are increasingly not attractive to the American people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hamilton Jordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Japanese people are usually very prudent, even when they are convinced change is necessary. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carlos Ghosn 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like finding that common point between another song and my music. It's like between people; you can be of religion or another, from this country or from another country, but we're all basically the same. It's just the same with songs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yael Naim 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Twitter's a great way to tell people across the world what I care about and, hopefully, motivate them to join me in furthering my causes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Queen Rania of Jordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Poverty is a relationship that involves a lot of folks, rich and poor alike. I was looking for something that brought a lot of different people in a room. Eviction does that, embroils landlords and tenants, lawyers and social workers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Matthew Desmond 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am surrounded by some sort of wretched specters, not by people. They torment me as can torment only senseless visions, bad dreams, dregs of delirium, the drivel of nightmares and everything that passes down here for real life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vladimir Nabokov 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Traditions are our roots and a profile of who we are as individuals and who we are as a family. They are our roots, which give us stability and a sense of belonging - they ground us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lidia Bastianich 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The belts to me, they don't really mean much to be honest. It's the people who I fought and me going out there competing and fighting. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bonnie Canino 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My goal was not to raise consciousness, but to raise anger. Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry... because, in America, we act on our collective anger. If you want proof of how that works, just take a look at how New York State finally closed the hated (and virtually unknown) 'incest exception. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Andrew Vachss