"The tragedy of all political action is that some problems have no solution; none of the alternatives are intellectually consistent or morally uncompromising; and whatever decision is taken will harm somebody."

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Source : James Joll (1960). “Intellectuals in politics: three biographical essays”

James Joll

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“Where, except in uncreated light, can the darkness be drowned?”
“In order to write about life first you must live it.”
“Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.”
“There is tremendous life and personality in a name. It should be at least as agonized over as any character trait.”
“These are very difficult times for new artists. Back in the day, a hit song could really seep into a person's DNA with radio and MTV. A hit today is not the same as a hit twenty years ago. Now there is so much competition, it is very hard to reach the people. The music scene is so overly saturated. There are no gatekeepers like there used to be.”

Source : "DEF LEPPARD Guitarist: Music Piracy Is Not A Bad Thing For Bands Like Us". Interview with Dana Feldman, www.blabbermouth.net. June 30, 2011.
“I'm willing to throw my body in front of the bus to stop bad ideas.”
“I'm not writing just classic-sounding songs, but songs that come from experience.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I want to make a picture that could stand on its own, regardless of what it was a picture of. I've never been a bit interested in the fact that this was a picture of a blues musician or a street corner or something.”

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