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• The revolutionary breakthrough will come with rockets that are fully and rapidly reusable. We will never conquer Mars unless we do that. It'll be too expensive. The American colonies would never have been pioneered if the ships that crossed the ocean hadn't been reusable.

  Elon Musk

  Ocean, Mars, Rockets

  «Elon Musk: Triumph of His Will» by Tom Junod, www.esquire.com. November 15, 2012.

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• The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man.

  Huey Newton

  Fate, Men, Political

  Huey P. Newton (2009). “Revolutionary Suicide: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.20, Penguin

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• As soon as I moved to Princeton in 1978, I became fascinated by local history, much of it Revolutionary War-era; and I became fascinated by the presidency of Woodrow Wilson at Princeton University.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  War, Princeton University, Eras

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• The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it.

  John Podhoretz

  Country, War, Two

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• I'm going to introduce you to a revolutionary thought - you can go slower and get there quicker. And that's to do with flow. As soon as you made it two lanes and brought in the 70 (mph) and 50 (mph), you got there quicker. It meant the flow of the traffic was better, there were less accidents, less deaths, I think that's an important factor.

  John Prescott

  Thinking, Mph, Two

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• South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.

  Tariq Ramadan

  White, Rainbow, Black

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• We might possess every technological resource... but if our language is inadequate, our vision remains formless, our thinking and feeling are still running in the old cycles, our process may be 'revolutionary' but not transformative.

  Adrienne Rich

  Running, Thinking, Romance

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• A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when to burn, or even how to theorize. It reminds you... where and when and how you are living and might live, it is a wick of desire.

  Adrienne Rich

  Desire, Might

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• The West should be tougher on Pakistan. It is trying to play both ends against the middle - to look like the friend of the revolutionaries on the one hand and a friend of the West in the fight against terrorism. It can't be both things.

  Salman Rushdie

  Fighting, Hands, Play

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• Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.

  Bertrand Russell

  Privilege, Habit, Institutions

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “Why Men Fight”, p.107, Routledge

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• I was only a working-class boy from a Nationalist ghetto. But it is repression that creates the revolutionary spirit of freedom.

  Bobby Sands

  Ghetto, Boys, Class

  Republican News, December 16, 1978.

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• America's veterans and troops serving abroad today fought hard to preserve our red, white and blue, from the Revolutionary War to today's Global War Against Terrorism, and Congress' action today is appropriate for one of our most sacred symbols.

  Bill Shuster

  Veterans Day, War, Blue

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• A revolutionary idea is usually one with its sleeves rolled up.

  Navjot Singh Sidhu

  Ideas, Revolutionary Ideas, Sleeves

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• Music television is all about the media-oriented version of what it is to be a rock star; it's not about what Bob Dylan or Jimi Hendrix were about - which included great images, sure, but they had spiritual and political and revolutionary content, too.

  Patti Smith

  Spiritual, Stars, Rocks

  "American icon". Interview with Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. June 14, 2003.

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• The doctrine of Jesus is the most revolutionary propaganda that I have ever encountered.

  Lincoln Steffens

  Jesus, Doctrine, Propaganda

  Lincoln Steffens (1962). “The World of Lincoln Steffens”

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• Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream, to destroy the family.

  Gertrude Stein

  Dream, Literature, Century

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• The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Games, America, Battle

  Alexis de Tocqueville (1873). “American Institutions and Their Influence”, p.432

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• Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism.

  John Updike

  Beauty, Naked, Rebellious

  John Updike (2013). “Hugging the Shore: Essays and Criticism”, p.77, Random House

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• Lady Gaga is the present and the future. She is the most revolutionary and inspirational artist. She is fearless and daring.

  Donatella Versace

  Artist, Fearless, Daring

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was the main teaching of Jesus, is certainly one of the most revolutionary doctrines that ever stirred and changed human thought.

  H. G. Wells

  Teacher, Jesus, Retirement

  H.G. Wells (2015). “A Short History of the World”, p.154, Xist Publishing

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• In the 18th century, James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny, and Richard Arkwright pioneered the water-propelled spinning frame which led to the mass production of cotton. This was truly revolutionary. The cotton manufacturers created a whole new class of people - the urban proletariat. The structure of society itself would never be the same.

  A. N. Wilson

  Class, People, Water

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• There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.

  Mao Zedong

  Art, Independent, Class

  Mao Zedong (2017). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works”, p.151, Lulu.com

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• However revolutionary it may be, the Internet still hasn't altered the basic law of human communication: Being nice to your interlocutors is a good way to start any negotiations, particularly, when being hostile is an open invitation for a cyber-fight.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Nice, Communication, Fighting

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• We have a revolutionary history to honor and uphold. Which was what Nelson Mandela did. He reminded us of that which we need to be reminded, over and over again, about our own best selves.

  Charlie Pierce

  Self, Honor, Needs

  "Amandla" by Charlie Pierce, www.esquire.com. December 6, 2013.

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• Revolutionary men with principles were not really different from the rest. They used their cleverness to get, in return for principles, what other men buy with their money.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Men, Principles, Different

  Nawal El Saadawi (2015). “Woman at Point Zero”, p.63, Zed Books Ltd.

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