People are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them. – James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son
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History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them. – B. R. Ambedkar
Its very attractive to people to be a victim. Instead of having to think out the whole situation, about history and your group and what you are doing… if you begin from the point of view of being a victim, youve got it half-made. I mean intellectually. – V. S. Naipaul
The Establishment center… has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster – a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation. – George McGovern
People always come up to me now and say, Watchmen is the best superhero movie ever made. Im always saying Thats super cool. Thats nice of you to say. But it happens now, more and more and more than it did when it first came out. – Zack Snyder
At one point I had to shove as much food in my body as possible to pack on calories. My trainer wanted me to do six meals a day and not go two hours without eating. If I would cheat on eating one day, I could tell – Id drop a few pounds. – Taylor Lautner
