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Jon Ronson Inspirational Quotes (31)

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Of course there are people who would like to eat breakfast without the screams of toddlers all around them, but those people should get over themselves and stop being stuck up and idiotic.
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I have panicked unnecessarily in all four corners of the globe.
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I'm not what you'd call a fearless type of person.
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The laughing way we make damaged people our playthings, it's so dehumanizing.
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Suddenly, madness was everywhere, and I was determined to learn about the impact it had on the way society evolves. I've always believed society to be a fundamentally rational thing, but what if it isn't? What if it is built on insanity?
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Sometimes labeling is only useful, like with OCD. Once you're labeled you can be treated. On other occasions labeling leads to tyranny, like with childhood bipolar disorder in the U.S.
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My ideal world was the early days of Twitter, where everyone was curious about each other and everyone saw it as kind of a window into people's lives where we could be compassionate and curious and empathetic and we could tell each other secrets.
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Friends are the fruitcake of life - some nutty, some soaked in alcohol, some sweet.
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No, people back home don't realize why there is this kind of need for heroes in America at the moment. People in Britain don't really understand what's going on here. They don't understand why Camp X-ray exists.
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I write funny nonfiction adventure books about crazy, serious worlds.
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In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble.
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We were creating a world where the smartest way to survive is to be bland.
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Twitter wanted to become a more egalitarian justice system, but instead it became a draconian one.
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We're living in post-nuance online times.
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It's not a good idea to define the boundaries of normality by tearing apart people who are outside of it.
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Well, I had nightmares when I was doing the Klan story all the time. I had a recurring nightmare of basically being exposed as a Jew inside the Klan compound.
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I am the neurological opposite of a psychopath, in that I feel anxious almost all the time. It must be great to not constantly feel like you’ve got someone living inside your face, shooting you with a mini Taser.
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I heard a story about her once,' said James. 'She was interviewing a psychopath. She showed him a picture of a frightened face and asked him to identify the emotion. He said he didn't know what the emotion was but it was the face people pulled just before he killed them.
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I wasn't in any way a kind of soothsayer or not surprised when Sept. 11 happened. I was absolutely shocked.
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The snowflake never needs to feel responsible for the avalanche.
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Oh, you know what bloggers are like, they write and write and write. I don't know why, because they're not being paid.
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My paranoia never ends, but I haven't been paranoid about being spied on my shadowy forces for some time now.
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Corporate and political and religious psychopaths ruin economies. They ruin societies.
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But on the extremist side I didn't get any rejections at all. Everyone agreed to talk to me.
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