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Famous Quotes
"Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort of archetypal American issue. If you're given the freedom to be anything, or be anyone, what do you do with it?"
More quotes about Freedom
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"Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged."
Ronald Reagan on Freedom -
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."
Nelson Mandela on Freedom -
"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom."
Dwight D. Eisenhower on Freedom -
"I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."
Robert A. Heinlein on Freedom -
"Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err."
Mahatma Gandhi on Freedom
More quotes by Chuck Palahniuk
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"Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil, they were bullies, and they didn't know anything."
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"People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone."
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"Why is it you feel like a dope if you laugh alone, but that's usually how you end up crying?"
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"The most boring scenes are the scenes where a character is alone."
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"If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and would like instead to do what books do best."