Quote from V for Vendetta (about Democracy, Governments)

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

V in V for Vendetta

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Remember, remember ...the fifth of november

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For 20 years, I sought only this day. Nothing else existed... until I saw you. Then everything changed. I fell in love with you Evey. And to think I no longer believed I could.

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There are no coincidences, Delia... only the illusion of coincidence.

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Chance & Randomness

Who? Who is but the form following the function of what and what I am is a man in a mask.

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Symbols are given power by people. Alone, a symbol is meaningless, but with enough people, blowing up a building can change the world.

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You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.

Gordon Deitrich in V for Vendetta

Appearance Masken

We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world.

Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta

Ideas

Artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up.

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Art Truth Politicians

Someone will do something stupid and when they do, things will turn nasty.

Finch in V for Vendetta

What you have are bullets, and the hope that when your guns are empty, I'm no longer standing, because if I am... you'll all be dead before you've reloaded.

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I'm not questioning your powers of observation, I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is.

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Anonymity Masken

Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mister Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof.

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Ideas

Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.

Natalie Portman

Intelligence Men & Women Singles & Dating

I think school is so much harder than real life. People are so much more accepting when they are adults.

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School Bullying

Star Wars hasn't changed my life at all.

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Quotes about Star Wars

I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star.

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College

Israel was created exactly 70 years ago as a haven for refugees from the Holocaust. But the mistreatment of those suffering from today's atrocities is simply not in line with my Jewish values.

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Israel Holocaust

I love milk so much! I make a point of drinking a glass of milk every day. So now anyone who did those milk ads with the milk mustaches, they're my heroes.

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Milk

I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you're scared of nothing.

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I'm a Gemini, so I change my mind every day.

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Cute is when a person's personality shines through their looks. Like, in the way they walk. Every time you see them, you just want to run up and hug them.

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My first words, as I was being born I looked up at my mother and said, "that's the last time I'm going up one of those!"

Stephen Fry

Funny Quotes

I called JK up and said, "Look, do you mind, I can't say 'Harry pocketed-ed it'. Would it be okay if I said 'Harry put it in his pocket'?" There was a big pause at the end of the line, then she said, "No" in her best witch's voice. I could hear her smile as she said it.

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You are who you are when nobody's watching.

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Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.

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Books

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.

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To be human and to be adult means constantly to be in the grip of opposing emotions, to have daily to reconcile apparently conflicting tensions. I want this, but need that. I cherish this, but I adore its opposite too.

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An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

Stephen Fry

The point about manic depression or bipolar disorder, as it's now more commonly called, is that it's about mood swings. So, you have an elevated mood. When people think of manic depression, they only hear the word depression. They think one's a depressive. The point is, one's a manic-depressive.

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It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

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Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.

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Existence is random. Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long.

Alan Moore in Watchmen

Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, 'Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up.' Man bursts into tears. Says, 'But doctor...I am Pagliacci.

Alan Moore in Watchmen

The day we stop believing democracy can work is the day we lose it.

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Democracy

Thor: "Do you see yourself above them?"
Loki: "Oh yes."
Thor: "Then you miss the truth of ruling, brother."

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Governments

In my opinion, the existence of life is a highly overrated phenomenon.

Dr. Manhattan in Watchmen -

Your cells age at half the rate of a normal human. When you're 40, you'll still have the leucocytes of a teenager.

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