"I'm tired of ignorance held up as inspiration"

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Source : "The mainstreaming of crazy". "Bad Astronomy" blog by Phil Plait at "Discover Magazine", blogs.discovermagazine.com. September 8, 2009.

Phil Plait

#Inspiration Quotes #Tired Quotes #Ignorance Quotes

“[Paul Scheer] was kind of pretending to not be as sick as he was. And then we almost pulled into this spa when I finally called it and said, "I'm very ill. We need to go home." And he said, "I am, too." He said that he wasn't going to do his treatments, he was going to - by the way, these are great problems to have - he was going to lie in the men's relaxation room in between throwing up. I was like, "This is insane. We're sick, and we need to just acknowledge it. And it sucks that it happened on my birthday, but let's get back into bed."”
“I've been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.”

Source : "Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, talks about her life and legacy". Interview with DeNeen L. Brown, www.washingtonpost.com. November 16, 2012.
“I think the standards for food service and quality keep going up, which is exciting. With my restaurant Tabun Kitchen, I wanted to give guests freshly cooked, high-quality ingredients at a reasonable price and I think we've found a way to do it.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
“This world is painted on a wild dark metal”
“It doesn't matter if you're photographing a porter in a market in Marrakech or you're photographing the king of Morroco. You have the same sympathetic approach to everybody. You be nice to everybody, basically.”
“Women are one and all a set of vultures.”
“My father was in the ad business, and he wanted to be a painter.”
“On Platini's presidential watch... he has to balance all the leagues, all the dreams and needs of hundreds of clubs across his continent.”

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