Chicken John Quotes

• I respect your right to worship Satan, or to worship a tea kettle, or to be a NIMBY, or to be an asshole. There's no law against being an asshole.

  Chicken John

  Law, Tea, Worship

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• You eat the burger but you don't want the slaughterhouse next door to where you live.

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  Doors, Burgers, Where You Live

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• High-end boutiques aren't putting small staple stores out of business. What's putting small staple stores out of business is formula retail.

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  Retail, Ends, Stores

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I do not agree that NIMBYism is wrong morally. I believe that NIMBYism is wrong ethically. It's a personal choice.

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  Believe, Choices, Agree

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• I think that chain stores in general are really super depressing and I think it really sucks the life out of a city such as San Francisco.

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  Depressing, Thinking, Cities

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• If San Francisco is indeed a city of leaders, then I think we should lead, and if we don't want a chain store, then we should say so loudly.

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  Thinking, Cities, San Francisco

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• We all have to pick our battles. You've got to draw a line in the sand and stand firm. And it's this squishiness that's really the enemy, like, "Well, I don't know, it's kind of OK but I kind of feel guilty, and I kind of want a bran muffin, I don't know, and I'm wearing a vest; it's crocheted." Shut up. Just pick your battle and just stand there, and whatever you are going to do, own it.

  Chicken John

  Enemy, Battle, Muffins

  "San Francisco Rejects American Apparel: Has the Fight Against Chain Stores Gone Too Far?". Interview with Josh Harkinson, www.motherjones.com. February 11, 2009.

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