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Well, the people have spoken-the bastards.

Dick Tuck

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Conceding defeat in the 1966 primary for a seat in the California state senate.

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Tuck, Dick. Spoken after being defeated in the California Senate primary. 1966. CA, USA.

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The pebble
is a perfect creature

equal to itself
mindful of its limits

filled exactly
with a pebbly meaning

Zbigniew Herbert

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Pebble

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Herbert, Zbigniew. "Kamyk [Pebble]." Studium przedmiotu [Subject Study]. Czytelnik, 1961.

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Give us this day our television, and an automobile, but deliver us from freedom.

Masculin Féminin

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Masculin Féminin [Masculine Feminine]. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Anouchka Films-Argos Films/Sandrews-Svenskfilmindustri, 1966.

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Set me free, why don'tcha, baby
Get out my life, why don'tcha, baby
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on.

The Supremes

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You Keep Me Hangin' On

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Holland, Eddie and Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier. You Keep Me Hangin' On. Performed by The Supremes. Motown Records, 1966.

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If the only tool you have is a hammer, it is tempting to treat everything as if it were a nail.

Abraham Maslow

The Psychology of Science

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Maslow, Abraham. The Psychology of Science: A Reconnaissance. Harper & Row, 1966, foreword.

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Growth was seen as an endless series of daily choices and decisions in each of which one can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

Abraham Maslow

The Psychology of Science

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Maslow, Abraham. The Psychology of Science: A Reconnaissance. Harper & Row, 1966, ch. 3.

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The attitude above all others which I feel sure is no longer valid is the arrogance of power, the tendency of great nations to equate power with virtue and major responsibilities with a universal mission.

J. William Fulbright

The Arrogance of Power

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Fulbright, J. William. The Arrogance of Power. Random House, 1966, introduction.

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Every gun makes its own tune.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly [Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo]. Directed by Sergio Leone, Produzioni Europee Associati/Constantin Film, 1966.

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You see in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend—those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly [Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo]. Directed by Sergio Leone, Produzioni Europee Associati/Constantin Film, 1966.

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All the lonely people,
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people,
Where do they all belong?

The Beatles

Eleanor Rigby

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Lennon, John and Paul McCartney. "Eleanor Rigby." Performed by The Beatles. Revolver. Parlophone Records/Capitol Records, 1966.

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Life is a gamble at terrible odds-if it was a bet, you wouldn't take it.

Tom Stoppard

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

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Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. 24 Aug. 1966, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland, act 3.

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Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Grove Press, 2017, act 3.

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She talks just like a woman, yes, she does
She makes love just like a woman, yes, she does
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl.

Bob Dylan

Just Like a Woman

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Dylan, Bob. "Just Like a Woman." Blonde on Blonde. Columbia Records, 1966.

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God more regards the thoughts of the heart than the words of the mouth.

A Man for All Seasons (film)

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A Man for All Seasons. Directed by Fred Zinnemann. Highland Films, 1966.

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Death comes for us all, my lords. Yes, even for kings he comes.

A Man for All Seasons (film)

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A Man for All Seasons. Directed by Fred Zinnemann. Highland Films, 1966.

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Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him, and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed.

Earl Warren

Miranda v. Arizona

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Read this opinion at supreme.justia.com.

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Warren, Earl. United States, Supreme Court. Miranda v. Arizona. United States Reports, vol. 384, 13 June 1966, pp. 436-545. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/384/436/.

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Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.

Robert F. Kennedy

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Kennedy, Robert F. "Day of Affirmation." National Union of South African Students meeting. 6 June 1966, Jameson Hall, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa.

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We cross our bridges as we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and the presumption that once our eyes watered.

Tom Stoppard

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Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. 24 Aug. 1966, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland, act 2.

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Stoppard, Tom. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Grove Press, 2017, act 2.

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Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

Robert F. Kennedy

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Kennedy, Robert F. "Day of Affirmation." National Union of South African Students meeting. 6 June 1966, Jameson Hall, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa.

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If you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in and drop out.

Timothy Leary

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Leary, Timothy. The Politics of Ecstasy. Ronin Publishing, 1990, ch. 21. Originally stated during a lecture, June 1966.

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The orgasm has replaced the Cross as the focus of longing and the image of fulfilment.

Malcolm Muggeridge

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Muggeridge, Malcolm. Tread Softly, for You Tread on My Jokes. Collins, 1966.

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