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1. "We had extremely democratic town councils in medieval Italy which knew the value of working together, and every now and then, down the centuries, this spirit returns." ~ Dario Fo
2. "Know how to live the time that is given you." ~ Dario Fo
3. "Our homeland is the whole world. Our law is liberty. We have but one thought, revolution in our hearts." ~ Dario Fo
4. "A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance." ~ Dario Fo
5. "Comedy makes the subversion of the existing state of affairs possible." ~ Dario Fo
6. "Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics." ~ Dario Fo
7. "Even before Europe was united in an economic level or was conceived at the level of economic interests and trade, it was culture that united all the countries of Europe. The arts, literature, music are the connecting link of Europe." ~ Dario Fo
8. "It is extremely dangerous to talk about limits or borders. It is vital, instead, that we remain completely open, that we are always involved, and that we aim to contribute personally in social events." ~ Dario Fo
9. "It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control." ~ Dario Fo
10. "With comedy I can search for the profound." ~ Dario Fo
11. "Although, this is often used with negative connotations, I see ideology as an inherent part of culture." ~ Dario Fo
12. "Every time you touch those who have power over the media, they seek to stop you." ~ Dario Fo
13. "For some time it's been my habit to use images when preparing a speech: rather than write it down, I illustrate it." ~ Dario Fo
14. "Real socialism is inside man. It wasn't born with Marx. It was in the communes of Italy in the Middle Ages. You can't say it is finished." ~ Dario Fo
15. "When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories." ~ Dario Fo
16. "I am the jongleur. I leap and pirouette, and make you laugh. I make fun of those in power, and I show you how puffed up and conceited are the big shots who go around making wars in which we are the ones who get slaughtered. I reveal them for what they are. I pull out the plug, and... pssss... they deflate." ~ Dario Fo
17. "In a way, the American side descended to Saddam's level, which happens often in these types of circumstances. That is why the people in Iraq do not accept the current state of affairs." ~ Dario Fo
18. "It is from him, from Beolco Ruzzante, that I've learned to free myself from conventional literary writing and to express myself with words that you can chew, with unusual sounds, with various techniques of rhythm and breathing, even with the rambling nonsense-speech of the 'grammelot.'" ~ Dario Fo
19. "All forms of power - even based on the consensus of the democratic system - react when they are being attacked, or when those who exercise power become a target." ~ Dario Fo
20. "Culturally, I have always been part of the proletariat. I lived side by side with the sons of glassblowers, fishermen and smugglers. The stories they told were shaper satires about the hypocrisy of authority and the middle classes, the two-facedness of teachers and lawyers and politicians. I was born politicized." ~ Dario Fo
21. "I felt like an extraordinary hero. I was only five or six and I had the whole of life in my hands. Even if I had been driving the carriage of the sun I could not have felt any better." ~ Dario Fo

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I mean, okay, let's say we're all going to get better. Let's just pretend we will. Fine. Where are we going to go after we get better? What are we going to do with all of our newfound healthy behaviors? Back out into the world that screwed us up and screwed us over. This does not sound promising."
Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz

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