"I've decided something: Commercial things really do stink. As soon as it becomes commercial for a mass market it really stinks."

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Andy Warhol

#Artist Quotes #Stink Quotes #Mass Quotes

“Here - at this final hour, Harlem has come to bid farewell to one of its brightest hopes - extinguished now, and gone from us forever.... Many will ask what Harlem finds to honor in this stormy, controversial and bold young captain - and we will smile. ...We will answer and say unto them, â€˜Did you ever talk to Brother Malcolm? Did you ever really listen to him? ...For if you did you would know him. And if you knew him you would know why we must honor him.'”
“You try not to talk about the past too much as an artist. Instead, you focus on the continuity of your work.”
“Neoconservatives and the Pentagon have good reason to fear the return of the Vietnam Syndrome. The label intentionally suggests a disease, a weakening of the martial will, but the syndrome was actually a healthy American reaction to false White House promises of victory, the propping up of corrupt regimes, crony contracting and cover-ups of civilian casualties during the Vietnam War that are echoed today in the news from Baghdad.”

Source : Tom Hayden (2008). “Writings For A Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader”, City Lights Publishers
“The characters have their own lives and their own logic, and you have to act accordingly.”
“I would be a poorer person if the only things I knew were what I had found out for myself.”
“Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.”

Source : Dorothy L. Sayers (2012). “Clouds of Witness”, p.292, Open Road Media
“Florida is a place of unparalleled diversity of backgrounds, experiences and vision. It makes our culture unique, but it can also make it difficult to define a common identity and create a sense of community that reaches beyond our neighborhoods to all corners of our state.”
“If there is someone in need whom you wish to help, whether the initiative came from him or from you, do no more than he expects of you, not what you might personally wish to do. If you overstep the mark, you will not deserve thanks, but blame from him and others and you will attract hostility, not friendship.”

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