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You can’t write novels without a touch of paranoia. I’m paranoid as an act of good citizenship, concerned about what the powerful people are up to.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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They only let us live in millions for the sake of the economy. I don't know what will happen by the time they figure out how to run the economy without the people

Bangambiki Habyarimana , em The Great Pearl of Wisdom
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Veblen called it the price-system. Mills called it the Power Elite. It's probably no more than ninety-nine people who don't know what they are doing. They're involved in high finance. Fascinating form of gambling.

John Cage , em M: Writings '67-'72
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Turn thy crown upside down! You need to feel how it is to kneel as those less fortunate than your noble deal.

Stanley Victor Paskavich , em Stantasyland: Quips Quotes and Quandaries
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