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No one really gets rich doing this. A couple people do, Black Sabbath does. We don't sell any records anymore.


Thurston Moore

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ALAN MOORE There's no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There's only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof.
ALAN MOORE Your pretty empire took so long to build, now, with a snap of history's fingers, down it goes.
ALAN MOORE But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that even though I do...
ALAN MOORE Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they ...
ALAN MOORE It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses, ...
ALAN MOORE Evey Hammond: Who are you?
V: Who? Who is but the form following the function of what and what...
ALAN MOORE The past can't hurt you anymore. Not unless you let it. They made you into a victim, Evey. They made...
ALAN MOORE They say that life's a game, & then they take the board away.
ALAN MOORE Love your rage, not your cage.
ALAN MOORE God is in the rain.
ALAN MOORE I know there's no way I can convince you this is not one of their tricks, but I don't care, I am me....
ALAN MOORE Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their powe...
ALAN MOORE