"Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire."

-- Edna O'Brien

#Mother Quotes #Country Quotes #Father Quotes

“Art is a form of supremely delicate awareness... meaning at-oneness, the state of being at one with the object.”
“On a bare branch a crow is perched - autumn evening”
“Jim Carrey is a consummate actor and professional. He comes on set, knows his lines and knows his moves”
“Journalism wishes to tell what it is that has happened everywhere as though the same things had happened for every man. Poetry wishes to say what it is like for any man to be himself in the presence of a particular occurrence as though only he were alone there.”
“The vitrines and shelves that I make, the objects displayed can be easily exchanged. This is a key to the work-the objects are mere signs of capitalism. The reason for their existence is in anticipation of their own destruction. They are meant to trigger a resemblance to the way store windows appear just before they are smashed by demonstrators. They represent targets for potential violence.”

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“In order to function and pay our bills and our taxes and feed our families and stuff, musicians have to make a living. It's not about being a millionaire. It's about being able to survive. When there are people constantly stealing from you, it's quite frustrating. It's a matter of changing the public's option about doing it.”
“Nowadays, truth is the greatest news. The mass media are the wholesalers, the peer groups, the retailers of the communications industry.”
“Practice is the battle you must win.”

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