"Now that the most interesting matter of identity is not what place someone was born in, but what point in time they are from - where they sit in relation to time. Age has become much more divisive than place. With the Internet and globalization, a twenty-year-old in New York has far more cultural references in common with a twenty-year-old in Nebraska than they do with a thirty-year-old who lives next door. National identity is what they trick you with when they want your feet in their army boots or your taxes in their bailouts."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Nick Laird

#Army Quotes #Interesting Quotes #Age Quotes

“one can never be sure whether it's good poetry or bad acid”
“Everything in a wide sense is a kind of a self-portrait. It's just the way you see things and you're curious about certain things and just excited about them.”
“There are certain regions in the country where the indigenous people eat dogs.”
“Every child deserves a home and love. Period.”
“Only tyrannies understand the power of art.”

Source : Ronald Harwood (1997). “Taking Sides”, p.62, Dramatists Play Service Inc
“It's hard for the White House to regain momentum if the Congress is in disarray. It ties up the Republicans in Congress and limits their ability to execute any White House agenda.”
“Personally, I believe very much in values of savagery; I mean: instinct, passion, mood, violence, madness.”

Source : Jean Dubuffet (1974). “Dubuffet: Paintings, Drawings, Gouaches 1946-1966 ; March, 1974, Donald Morris Gallery”
“You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.”

Source : "Acting Is a Job: Real-life Lessons About the Acting Business". Book by Jason Pugatch, p. 73, 2006.

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