"I started to read James Baldwin very early on in my life. At a time, as a young adult in the Sixties, when there were not that many authors in whom I could recognize myself, he was an important guide and mentor to me as he was to many others. He helped me understand who I was and decipher the world around me. He gave me the words to defend myself and the argumentative rhetoric to master discussions with others."

-- Raoul Peck

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“Music is art to me, and you don't censor art. You don't go into a museum and censor things.”

Source : "Rough edges are part of Iggy Azalea's charm". Interview with Allison Stewart, articles.chicagotribune.com. May 31, 2012.
“It's easy in a novel to be completely unambiguous about the relationship between animal and daemon simply by stating it outright; whereas you get very few opportunities to do this in an elegant way in a film.”

Source : "'Golden Compass' Director Chris Weitz Answers Your Questions: Part Ii". November 21, 2007.
“I am not sure about facelifts because I wouldn't want to be someone who just looks like she's had a facelift.”
“The most wonderful of all things in life is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a growing depth, beauty and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing; it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of divine accident, and the most wonderful of all things in life.”
“Metaphor is the only possible language available to religion because it alone is honest about Mystery.”
“Music does more than soothe the soul, it brings balance to the mind, body, and spirit.”

Source : Bertice Berry (2007). “When Love Calls, You Better Answer”, p.43, Broadway Books
“I'm drinking lots of rum and popping pinks and greys.”
“The Book of Job is advice on how to live in terms of the absolute power of nature. Leviathan is advice on how to live in terms of the absolute power of the state.”

Source : Donald Phillip Verene (2013). “Moral Philosophy and the Modern World”, p.134, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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