If the gods are fucking you, you find a way to fuck them back.

Ervin H. Burrell

The Wire

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Topic

God and man

Speaker

Ervin H. Burrell

Actor

Frankie Faison

Source

The Wire

Medium

TV program

Genre

Crime (TV) Drama (TV) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Citation

"Dead Soldiers." The Wire, written by David Simon and Dennis Lehane and William F. Zorzi, directed by Rob Bailey, season 3, episode 3, Blown Deadline Productions and Home Box Office, 2004.

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Since only in the illusion of freedom
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Time
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