"If I were making paintings of a bowl of fruit it would still be viewed through some sort of political lens, because the viewer wants to create a type of narrative around the political theme when they look at work depicting black and brown models."

-- Kehinde Wiley

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“Anytime I see someone blocking the aisle in the supermarket while talking on a phone, I want to ram that person with my shopping cart.”
“Christian life is not realized in developing the personality or in shaping human community and somehow changing the world but in turning away from the world and becoming free of it.”

Source : Rudolf Karl Bultmann (1985). “New Testament and Mythology: And Other Basic Writings”
“I think if people read more, that is a better world.”
“I don't care who scores the goals, I'm going to leave my human beingness on the field!”
“I believe everything in moderation. But breakfast is important. I have two hard-boiled or scrambled eggs with whole-wheat toast and try to get some fruit in there.”

Source : Interview with Karen Borsari, www.shape.com.
“The Infusion of a China plant sweetened with the pith of an Indian Cane.”
“The strongest argument for free enterprise is that it prevents anybody from having too much power. Whether that person is a government official, a trade union official, or a business executive. If forces them to put up or shut up. They either have to deliver the goods, produce something that people are willing to pay for, are willing to buy, or else they have to go into a different business.”
“The best advice I can give you about falling is to never land.”

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