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The one thing I miss is hitchhiking. Now there's no more of that. When's the last time you saw a hitchhiker? It's not that I consider it a great sport, but it was my way of seeing the country. The open road, especially in the western United States, is still very pristine, but everything else around it has changed.

~Edward Ruscha

Topics: Around Changed Consider Country Else Everything Everything Else Great Last Last Time Miss More Now One Thing Open Pristine Road Saw Seeing Sport States Still The One Thing Thing Time United United States Very Way Western You

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I barely knew I wanted to be an artist. I liked my art classes and painting was fun, I guess, but I didn't realize that seeing the country was going to inspire me to further explore that... but that's what it did.

~Edward Ruscha

Topics: Art Artist Barely Classes Country Did Explore Fun Further Going Guess Inspire Knew Liked Me Painting Realize Seeing Wanted

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Being a patriot doesn't mean prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to protect your Constitution, knowing when to protect your countrymen, from the violations of and encroachments of adversaries. And those adversaries don't have to be foreign countries.

~Edward Snowden

Topics: Above Adversaries Being Constitution Countries Country Countrymen Else Foreign Foreign Countries Government Knowing Mean Means Patriot Protect Service Those Violations Your

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Congress hasn't declared war on the countries - the majority of them are our allies - but without asking for public permission, NSA is running network operations against them that affect millions of innocent people. And for what? So we can have secret access to a computer in a country we're not even fighting?

~Edward Snowden

Topics: Access Affect Against Allies Asking Computer Congress Countries Country Even Fighting Innocent Innocent People Majority Millions Network Operations Our People Permission Public Running Secret Them War Without Nsa

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America is a fundamentally good country. We have good people with good values who want to do the right thing. But the structures of power that exist are working to their own ends to extend their capability at the expense of the freedom of all publics.

~Edward Snowden

Topics: America Capability Country Do The Right Thing Ends Exist Expense Extend Freedom Fundamentally Good Good People Own People Power Right Right Thing Structures The Right Thing Thing Values Want Who Working

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Even though we may focus first on the rights of our own country, that does not mean that we should disregard the rights of everyone else.

~Edward Snowden

Topics: Country Disregard Does Else Even Everyone Everyone Else First Focus May Mean Our Own Rights Should Though

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I never chose to be in Russia, and I would prefer to be in my own country, but if I can't make it home, I will continue to work very much in the same way that I have... What happens to me is not as important; I simply serve as the mechanism of disclosure.

~Edward Snowden

Topics: Chose Continue Country Disclosure Happens Home Important Make Me Mechanism Much My Own Never Own Prefer Russia Same Serve Simply Very Way Will Work Would

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I care more about the country than what happens to me. But we can't allow the law to become a political weapon or agree to scare people away from standing up for their rights, no matter how good the deal. I'm not going to be part of that.

~Edward Snowden

Topics: About Agree Allow Away Become Care Country Deal Going Good Happens How Law Matter Me More Part People Political Rights Scare Standing Standing Up Than Up Weapon I Care

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You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne. But I want you to understand that in making up my mind I did not forget the country or the empire, which, as Prince of Wales and lately as King, I have for twenty-five years tried to serve.

~Edward Viii

Topics: Country Did Empire Forget Impelled King Know Lately Making Making Up Me Mind Prince Reasons Renounce Serve Throne Tried Twenty-Five Understand Up Wales Want Which Years You I Want You

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I have nothing against diamonds, or rubies or emeralds or sapphires. I do object when their acquisition is complicit in the debasement of children or the destruction of a country.

~Edward Zwick

Topics: Acquisition Against Children Country Destruction Diamonds Nothing Object

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