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Liberation, i guess, is everybody getting what they think they want, without knowing the whole truth. or in other words, liberation finally amounts to being free from things we don't like in order to be enslaved by things we approve of. here's to the eternal tandem.
-Robert Fulghum
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Liberation, I Guess, Is Everybody Getting What

Robert Fulghum
Liberation, i guess, is everybody getting what they think they want, without knowing the whole truth. or in other words, liberation finally amounts to being free from things we don't like in order to be enslaved by things we approve of. here's to the eternal tandem.
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