"In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me."

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Edgar Allan Poe

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“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”
“We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every ten minutes.”
“For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart.”
“In the Somme valley, the back of language broke. It could no longer carry its former meanings. World War I changed the life of words and images in art, radically and forever. It brought our culture into the age of mass-produced, industrialized death. This, at first, was indescribable.”

Source : Robert Hughes (2015). “The Spectacle of Skill: New and Selected Writings of Robert Hughes”, p.29, Vintage
“Guilt, the poor man's mind control.”
“I find that different types of music are good for certain activities.”
“When a woman feels the first grip of her child's dependence upon her, she has forever lost her freedom. If the child dies, a grave shackles her soul through life. If the child lives, the welfare of that child keeps perpetually between her and the sun.”
“Believe that you can make a difference; in fact, you do with every single choice you make. Your money is your power and each time you spend it, it's a vote for something, so make it count. I personally live and work by this African Proverb - If you think you're too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a room with a mosquito.”

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