"Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible for everyone to satisfy all of their needs and desires all of the time, there are obviously going to be clashes - clashes of ego."

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Taylor Hackford

#People Quotes #Ego Quotes #Desire Quotes

“The position of the Atheist is a clear and reasonable one. I know nothing about â€˜Godâ€™ and therefore I do not believe in Him or in it; what you tell me about your God is selfâ€contradictory, and therefore incredible. I do not deny â€˜God,â€™ which is an unknown tongue to me; I do deny your God, who is an impossibility. I am without God.”
“When you come up in the art world, whatevers in the air, the issues of the moment, end up becoming part of the working method or modus operandi of how you think about doing a painting. And I came up at a time when-actually painting was dead when I came up. Sculpture sort of ruled.”
“The great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races and classes.”
“The power of generalizing ideas, of drawing comprehensive conclusions from individual observations, is the only acquirement, for an immortal being, that really deserves the name of knowledge.”
“In no other profession does the character and personality of a director play a more vital role in the development of young people than in the coaching of athletics.”
“I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell; I know right now you can't tell; But stay a while and maybe then you'll see; A different side of me”

Source : Song: Unwell
“It is subversive to set up inquisitions like this, state or national, into the thoughts and consciences of Americans. . . . It is subversive for commissions like this to spread hysteria and intimidation throughout the land that Americans are afraid to sign petitions, afraid to read progressive magazines, afraid to make out checks for liberal causes, afraid to join organizations, afraid to speak their mind on public issues. Americans dare not be free citizens! This is the destruction of democracy.”
“What we earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are.”

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