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Spike Lee: Critics like to...

Spike Lee: Critics like to...

Critics like to build you up, tear you down, and then, if you're lucky, build you up...

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Billy Wilder: France is a...

Billy Wilder: France is a...

France is a country where the money falls apart in your hands and you can't tear the toilet...

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Billy Wilder: An actor entering...

Billy Wilder: An actor entering...

An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a...

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Derek Jarman: One of the...

Derek Jarman: One of the...

One of the joys our technological civilisation has lost is the excitement with which seasonal flowers and fruits were...

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Derek Jarman: I'm not afraid...

Derek Jarman: I'm not afraid...

I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying. Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism...

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Judy Collins: I think people...

Judy Collins: I think people...

I think people who are creative are the luckiest people on earth. I know that there are no shortcuts, but you must...

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Joan Baez: Nonviolence is a...

Joan Baez: Nonviolence is a...

Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence.

Source: Daybreak
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Miles Davis: I never thought...

Miles Davis: I never thought...

I never thought that the music called jazz was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum...

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Ornette Coleman: I'm interested in...

Ornette Coleman: I'm interested in...

I'm interested in music, not in my image. If someone plays something fantastic, that I could never have thought of, it...

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Walt Disney: You may not...

Walt Disney: You may not...

You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for...

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Nelson A Rockefeller: It is essential...

Nelson A Rockefeller: It is essential...

It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exciting eras in...

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Nelson A Rockefeller: [To] David Sarnoff,...

Nelson A Rockefeller: [To] David Sarnoff,...

[To] David Sarnoff, the word visionary, meant a capacity to see into tomorrow and make it...

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Nelson A Rockefeller: Wherever we look...

Nelson A Rockefeller: Wherever we look...

Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within problems.

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Tony Benn: It is tempting...

Tony Benn: It is tempting...

It is tempting to deny, but if you deny you confirm what you won't deny.

Source:...

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Nelson A Rockefeller: Others looked at...

Nelson A Rockefeller: Others looked at...

Others looked at radio and saw a gadget; his genius lay in his capacity to look at the same thing . . . but to see far...

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Nelson A Rockefeller: Politics, of course,...

Nelson A Rockefeller: Politics, of course,...

Politics, of course, requires sweat, work, combat, and organization. But these should not be ugly words for and free...

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Edward Koch: You don't have...

Edward Koch: You don't have...

You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.

Source: On...

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Edward Koch: If they don't...

Edward Koch: If they don't...

If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.

Source: On charging...

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Edward Koch: If you seek...

Edward Koch: If you seek...

If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.

Source: To labor and...

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Barack Obama: What Washington needs...

Barack Obama: What Washington needs...

What Washington needs is adult supervision.

Source: In Collection of 180,000 Famous...

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