"Fear and Sex are the two most effective weapons that are used against the people. Tempering desire motivates liberation."

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“I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence,Fear is such a weak emotion that's why I despise it.”

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“Your child's future was the first to go with budget cuts, if you think that hurts then wait here comes the upper-cut, the school was garbage in the first place that's on the up and up.”

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