OnlyThePie
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*cracks knuckles* Here we go:
Some Political Comedy to start:
"Same sex marriage isn't gay privilege, it's equal rights. Privilege would be something like gay people not paying taxes. Like churches dont." -Ricky Gervais
"I don't like the word homophobia. You aren't afraid, you're just an asshole." -Morgan Freeman
"In science, it often happens that scientists say "You know, that's a really good argument, my position is mistaken," and then they would actually CHANGE THEIR MINDS and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." -Carl Sagan.
"America is not the greatest country in the world. There's absolutely no evidence to support that statement. We're 7th in literacy, 27th in math, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, 3rd in median household income, number 4 in labor force and number 4 in exports. We lead the world in only three categories: number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending, where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined, 24 of whom are allies. Now, none of this is the fault of a 20-year-old college student, but you, nonetheless, are, without a doubt, a member of the worst period generation period ever period, so when you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world, i don't know what the fuck you're talking about! Yosemite?!
It sure used to be... We stood up for what was right. We fought for moral reason. We passed laws, we struck down laws, for moral reason. We waged wars on poverty, not on poor people. We sacrificed, we cared about our neighbors, we put our money where our mouths were and we never beat our chest. We build great, big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases and we cultivated the worlds greatest artists AND the world's greatest economy. We reached for the stars, acted like men. We aspired to intelligence, we didn't belittle it. It didn't make us feel inferior. We didn't identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election and we didn't scare so easy. We were able to be all these things and do all these things because we were informed... by great men, men who were revered. First step in solving ANY problem is recognizing there is one. America is not the greatest country in the world anymore." -Will McAvoy, Newsroom
And now some inspirational ones:
"According to the laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. It's wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bees, of course, fly anyway. Because bees dont care what humans think is impossible" -Unknown
"Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same." -Issac Slade, All at Once
"People are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them." -James A. Baldwin
"Unless someone, like you, cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it's not." -Dr. Seuss
"There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of life is bound in shallows and in miseries...we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures." -Brutus, Julius Caesar
"If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it." -Ray Bradbury
"You can't wait for life to get it for you, you've got to go and get it yourself" -Anonymous
"Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out." -Christopher Reeve
"If you fell down yesterday, stand up today." -H.G. Wells
And last but not least, my favorite:
"There is no tomorrow, there is but another Now." -Charles Darnay, Tale of Two Cities.
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