"Defiance is beautiful. The defiance of power, especially great or overwhelming power, exalts and glorifies the rebel."

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Edward Abbey

#Beautiful Quotes #Rebel Quotes #Defiance Quotes

“There are all kinds of ways that people present their films, but that's kind of a good feeling, if you can make it seem like the characters are really there.”
“Whether it's the internet, radio, television, there are always areas of debate, but you have to accept it. The media now has become an absolute monster.”
“All I'm doing is I'm filling out my tax returns - or my accountants are, and I'm paying whatever I'm supposed to pay, though I'm giving away a large amount of the money and that probably lowers my tax rate because I'm giving away so much money. But change the law, but don't blame me for the law. I'm not writing the law. I didn't write the law.”
“I had had some months of depression. Not serious enough to keep me from work. So, I guess you'd call that a mild depression.”
“A lot of people, when you ask if they want to read your epic poem, start bolting for the door.”
“I started making movies in my late 20s, that time in an artist's career that often sees artists just imitating things that he or she loves. I just wanted to be great like L'Age d'Or vintage BuÃ±uel. I wanted to be Busby Berkeley, for crying out loud! I wanted to have chorus girls stomping their heels in my casting office. I wanted to be Erich Von Stroheim monogramming underwear for extras. So I started off my career doing that, and that was fun, but I realised I wasn't very good at it.”
“It's the job of old people to disapprove of everything young people do. . .If we don't disapprove, then the young have nothing to fight against and the world will never change. It cannot move on.”

Source : Mark Mills (2008). “The Savage Garden”, p.71, Penguin
“I think it's important to really press on with the song writing and just go with it. There's no code, there's no craft... it's just let yourself shine through your music. If it's meant to be loved and heard, it'll happen.”

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