"As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond."

-- Rufus Wainwright

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“The experience of ages has shown that a man who works on the land is purer, nobler, higher, and more moral... Agriculture should be at the basis of everything. That's my idea.”
“The American consumer, even today, the weight of the American consumer in the global economy is China plus India doubled. So, it's tough to replace that.”
“We determine our Destination by our priorities.”
“When I am feeling depressed and anxious sullen all you have to do is take your clothes off and all is wiped away revealing life tenderness that we are flesh and breathe and are near us as you are really as you are I become as I really am alive and knowing vaguely what is and what is important to me above the intrusions of incident and accidental relationships which have nothing to do with my life”

Source : "Love Poems".
“We send our [peacekeepers] off to some disputed zone, full of local intrigue and power blocs and uncertainty and danger, and they are supposed to save lives not with their weapons, but through their competence and their character. And they do it.”

Source : Speech on the occasion of the presentation of the insignia of the Order of Military Merit, February 05, 1997.
“If I didn't mould my reality then I'd still be in the ghetto where people like me are supposed to stay. You have to dream your way out of the nightmare.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Creating music is a wonderful way to celebrate our devotion for Lord Shiva.”
“The reason that I'm an actor, or an artist, is ultimately because I'm trying to paint a self-portrait, and the most complete and beautiful self-portrait that you can.”

Source : "Terrence Dashon Howard: A rising star". Interview with Jason Zingale, www.bullz-eye.com. August 05, 2005.

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