Boots Riley Quotes

I have a problem with superheroes in general because, politically, superheroes are cops. Superheroes work with the government to uphold the law. And who do the laws work for?

Boots Riley

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The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after the war is not a success. It is not intelligent. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And it doesn't deliver the goods.

John Maynard Keynes

SuccessBeautifulWarCapitalism

We need a really credible perspective toward long-term de-carbonization.

Angela Merkel

PerspectiveNeedLong-TermCredible

A lot of people, including me, are worried that inequality will lead to bad things.

Angus Deaton

PeopleMeBadInequalityWillLead

I would love to work with Morgan Freeman. I love him.

Stephanie Sigman

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Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.

Simone Weil

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Economics should not drive you out of the community.

Ron Dellums

CommunityEconomicsDriveYouOut

I still think I'm writing Nancy Drew with a mortgage.

Lisa Scottoline

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New York feels like the whole city is into dance music. That's not how it felt when I was younger. There was more of a hipster scene.

Diplo

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Once I started getting paid to be a writer and not having lots of other gross responsibilities, like making the puzzle or whatever, then my ambition changed, and I thought, 'Now I want to be a good writer.' And that became my ambition.

Ariel Levy

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The main thing for all of us was having a ballad, a slower song. Finally, they get to hear more of a vulnerable side to us! We didn't really have that in 'Reflection,' and that's something we all fought for.

Ally Brooke

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If you try to discuss multiculturalism in the U.K., you're labeled a racist.

Pim Fortuyn

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There's a great tradition among the English of writing about Berlin. It's kind of a state of mind, almost. That even translates in terms of music. A lot of people go to Berlin with the idea that it's a state of mind.

Philip Kerr

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