Sometimes I think the world is divided into those who have a comfortab…

Arundhati Roy
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Sometimes I think the world is divided into those who have a comfortable relationship with power and those who have a naturally adversarial relationship with power. ✨ David Barsamian, Arundhati Roy (2004). The Checkbook and the Cruise Missile: Conversations with Arundhati Roy : Interviews, p.46, South End Press
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