"In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea of what beauty is."

-- Douglas Sirk

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“One of the things people often say about America is that it's a such a young country, relatively, and its problem - Europeans say this - is that they have no memory. I don't agree with this. In the Balkans, the problem is that we cannot forget. The problem is we have great memory.”

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“I look at [books] as a child looks at cakes - with glittering eyes and a watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him.”
“Perseverance is the key to starting a successful business.”
“I don’t know, it is a very quiet rebellion. […] I don’t get angry. I sit quietly in the corner and say 'no'.”
“We're as average as everyday's wash.”
“The Civilizedâ€¦ murder their children by producing too many of them without being able to provide for their well-being. Morality or theories of false virtue stimulate them to manufacture cannon fodder, anthills of conscripts who are forced to sell themselves out of poverty. This improvident paternity is a false virtue, the selfishness of pleasure.”
“I wanted to do something for the minority Muslims living in the West, especially in the UK, to bring up their morale a bit. They need to be proud of their religion”
“I've come to the conclusion that a long, personal relationship is next to impossible for me. Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress.”

Source : "Star-spangled Promenader". Interview with Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. July 13, 2001.

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