"A leader has to keep saying the same things over and over again."

-- Drew Gilpin Faust

“Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through ... You can go into a trance while you're doing it, so it's a nice contrast to real life.”
“We are not anti-American. we do not dislike Americans though we abhor American imperialism in all its manifestations. But then, so do many Americans. Many of them have said that even more forthrightly than we have, and many of them have suffered more than any of us for their plain speaking.”

Source : Tommy Douglas' speech at NDP National Convention in Ottawa, Ontario, April 21, 1971.
“To survive the day is triumph enough for the walking wounded among the great many of us.”

Source : Studs Terkel (2013). “The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century”, p.262, The New Press
“Culture Clash Dylan says when I meet his mother today I shouldn't mention that I'm Jewish. I say okay, but can I tell her about the HIV postive thing? He gives me a look. I give him one back”
“I think 'Game of Thrones' was extraordinary. I want to do some period pieces. It would be lovely to tell great stories, that is my main ambition. And to be working with amazing creators.”
“I have been very interested in labor movement. If I could have wished another life, I would have loved to be a pioneer woman in the beginning of labor movement.”
“In a painting, you can't make out whether the artist painted the left eye before the right eye. In Chinese calligraphy, you can see the progression of the artist's stroke.”
“If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit.”

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