Quote by Washington Irving
Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in t

Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No – no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears. – Washington Irving

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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming griefand unspeakable love. – Washington Irving

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The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves. – Yoko Ono

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I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them – and having them still have dignity and still survive, still get through it. – Jodie Foster

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A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction. – Christopher Lasch

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