"We will have to create an avant-garde.... We could have a Union for the enlarged Europe, and a Federation for the avant-garde."

-- Jacques Delors

#Europe Quotes #Avant Garde Quotes #Unions Quotes

“What's when you rap and don't appreciate the art? What's when you sell out just to get a start? What's when you make bullshit just for the charts? What's when you rap, but it's not from the heart? What's when you're hardcore, then you turn pop? When you steal ideas to get props? When you sell out to be on top? What's when you front like you're hard, but you're not? That's a gimmick.”
“And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my fingers upon thee!”
“I will protect my people if I live. For myself I do not fear for I have the word of Usen. Who is the White Nantan to think he can pit his power against that of Usen?”

Source : "Geronimo and the End of the Apache Wars". Book by Charles Leland Sonnichsen, 1990.
“Accents can be a great tool to tell a story - but if you do it wrong, it pulls you right out of the movie.”
“Obscenities are too often used for shock value, as a kind of shorthand for real expression of emotion. You've got to scale down your monstrosities. A scream is not a discovery.”
“Anatomy is to physiology as geography is to history; it describes the theatre of events.”
“If not the best, than at least one of the best.”
“Some people would rather stay ignorant and self-satisfied.”

Source : "An Interview With Janis Ian Plus This Week’s New Albums". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 23, 2009.

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