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“Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman's dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea. That is called pentimento because the painter 'repented', changed his mind. Perhaps it would be as well to say that the old conception, replaced by a later choice, is a way of seeing and then seeing again.”
Source : Lillian Hellman, Jackson R. Bryer (1986). “Conversations with Lillian Hellman”, p.138, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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“If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end.”
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“Bureaucrats live on the fat of the land, while the rest of us stay skinny laboring to pay their salaries.”
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“Coercion is as much the tool of the welfare state as it is of communism. The programs and edicts of both are backed by the police force. All of us know this to be true under communism, but it is equally true under our own brand of welfare statism.”
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“Be true to yourself. Establish your own style and stick to it.”
Source : Source: www.hometowncountrymusic.com
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“From a literary standpoint, I've been loving Raymond Carver's short stories, William Carlos Williams' poems, Richard Siken's 'Crush', John Fante, and Jim Harrison's book of ghazals. I love film and photography too, so many of my songs are very image rich from those influences.”
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“I could not live by literature if only to begin with, because of the slow maturing of my work and its special character.”
Source : Tillie Olsen (1995). “Tell Me a Riddle”, p.96, Rutgers University Press
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“My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.”
