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“Reality TV to me is the museum of social decay.”
Source : "Playboy Interview: Gary Oldman". Interview with David Hochman, June 25, 2014.
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“Beautiful art sells. If it sells itself, it is an idolatrous commodity; if it sells anything else, it is a seductive advertisement.”
Source : Dave Hickey (2012). “The Invisible Dragon: Essays on Beauty, Revised and Expanded”, p.30, University of Chicago Press
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“Fear plays an interesting role in our lives. How dare we let it motivate us. How dare we let it into our decision-making, into our livelihoods, into our relationships. It's funny, isn't it? We take a day a year to dress up in costumes and celebrate fear.”
Source : "The Office: Spooked". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2011.
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“We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world.”
Source : Jack Gilbert (2009). “Refusing Heaven”, p.3, Knopf
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“Tradition is what is in the heart and soul of your home, your country, and social environment. Tradition evolves, and it changes regardless of what you do to maintain it.”
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“Our world is evolving without consideration, and the result is a loss of biodiversity, energy issues, congestion in cities. But geography, if used correctly, can be used to redesign sustainable and more livable cities.”
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“Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do, or what not to do.”
Source : "Congressional Gold Medal". The Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. May 16, 1991.
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“What our eyes behold may well be the text of life but one's meditations on the text and the disclosures of these meditations are no less a part of the structure of reality.”