"Perhaps the choice is a negative one, in that I was trying to avoid everything that touched on well-known issues - or any issues at all, whether painterly, social or aesthetic. I tried to find nothing too explicit, hence all the banal subjects; and then, again, I tried to avoid letting the banal turn into my issue and my trademark. So it's all evasive action, in a way."

-- Gerhard Richter

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“Okay, so here's my question: When did civility become incompatible with protest? Why do some people consider civility an antonym - anathema, even - to political action and dissent? Because, and I'm raising my voice, it's not. Have we forgotten how Mahatma Gandhi used nonviolent civil disobedience to free India from British rule and inspire civil rights movements worldwide?”
“A true crisis. Class 3 outbreaks, more than any other, demonstrate the clear threat posed by the living dead. Zombies will number in the thousands, encompassing an area of several hundred miles.”
“Donâ€™t spit down my back and tell me itâ€™s raining.”
“Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees”
“And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things.”
“No it isn't very pretty, what a town without pity can do.”

Source : Song: Town Without Pity
“Yes, cannabis is dangerous, but no more than other perfectly legal drugs. It's time for a rethink, and the Tory party - the funkiest, most jiving party on Earth - is where it's happening.”

Source : Boris Johnson (2003). “The essential Boris Johnson: lend me your ears”
“I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy.”

Source : Shirley Conran (1978). “Superwoman”, Outlet

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