"Let Revolutionists be Romans, not Tatars."

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Source : Speech to the National Convention on March 17, 1794. "Saint-Just: Colleague of Robespierre". Book by Eugene Newton Curtis, p. 228, 1973.

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

“I realized that the artists who managed to fight through this recession have a better shot at longevity than most. The recession was a test of your resolve and passion. I think as we come out of these rough times we will be more adept at survival and will have gained the skills necessary to make a long fruitful artistic career. There will still be those that fade away but we are more likely to grow and bend with the times and prosper.”

Source : "Lessons From Old Art Magazines". markedwardadams.com. May 3, 2013.
“Chris Brown is brilliant. That cat is crazy brilliant, and I wish him the best.”
“I thought that, given the system of rewards central to our economic system, in which profit maximization is valued above all else and specifically above life, it is probably just as irresistible to the owners of capital (human or otherwise) to exploit workers (and the land): "Nothing personal," they say as they load their property onto the ship bound for the Middle Passage, "but a man's gotta turn a dime.”
“I mean, there are many other directors who are probably both more skilled and excited to adapt novels or work within certain genre conventions. I'd like to do that kind of work someday, but for better or worse I'm too drawn by my own material.”

Source : Interview with Sigrid Nunez, www.believermag.com. February 2005.
“It's businesses versus big government. We don't need big government. We need a more efficient, lean government, and that's exactly the kind of government we intend to deliver.”
“The great monuments are raised up like dams, pitting the logic of majesty and authority against all the shady elements: it is in the form of cathedrals and palaces that Church and State speak and impose silence on the multitudes.”
“But maybe it's what the world needs. A little less sense, and a little more faith.”
“When you look at movies, the lead girl is always gorgeous and thin. There is a stereotype that you need to look a certain way and when you get in the business you really feel the pressure.”

Source : "Margot Robbie profile: Quotes, photos, videos and selected filmography of BAFTA nominee" by Mikey Smith, www.mirror.co.uk. January 30, 2015.

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