"Art can't be compared with journalism; it can't deal with concrete issues."

-- Mona Hatoum

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“Fascism rewarded jackasses in uniform. Democracy gives priviliges to those in sports' gear. In Italy, political regimes come to pass. The jackasses remain. Triumphant.”

Source : "Controcorrente 1974-1986". Book by Indro Montanelli, 1987.
“Born on a mountain, raised in a cave. Arresting fugitives is all I crave.”

Source : "Why I love ..." by Oliver Hurley, www.theguardian.com. April 11, 2005.
“The Doctor: The Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire. And there it is: planet Earth at its height. Covered with megacities, five moons, population 96 billion. The hub of a galactic domain, stretching across a million planets, a million species. With mankind right in the middle. [Adam faints] The Doctor: [leans towards Rose, still looking out over the Earth] He's your boyfriend.”
“And then writing, it was like I just found it, you know? Like you just found your favorite flavor of ice cream, all of a sudden there it is. 'This is what I should have been doing for the last thirty years. What was I thinking?' So I was, then I was in and then I had to just keep going with it.”
“You know, I read the papers and I watch the news a lot. I watch 'Dateline' and '48 Hours'. And I think we have a tendency to become terrified of one another, thinking that there is a serial killer that is on either side of you.”
“Believe anything is possible and then work like hell to make it happen.”
“Sometimes moving on takes effort. Sometimes moving on is harder than it looks.”

Source : Simone Elkeles (2013). “Return to Paradise”, p.141, Simon and Schuster
“We've played two shows with seated audiences, and two with a standing audience. Both were cool. Sitting is more mental, in a way, [but] after a while they really want to get up and move. It's very euphoric, I think, because people see what's actually going on. The energy takes over.”

Source : "Pantha du Prince’s Bell Hooks". Interview with Nathan Reese, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 15, 2013.

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