Arundhati Roy, Come September (29 Sep 2002)
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Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.
— Arundhati Roy on Flag
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead." in the context of "Arundhati Roy, Come September (29 Sep 2002)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Flag" (Quotes)
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