"To act without knowledge is folly, to know without acting is cowardice."

-- Dominique Pire

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“I was given a dictionary when I was seven, and I read it because I had nothing else to read. I read it the way you read a book.”

Source : "Jamaica Kincaid on writing and 'outlaw American' culture". Interview with Nathan Rostron, www.usatoday.com. March 7, 2013.
“Whether that's questioning the dominant opinion of the day, the conventional wisdom of the day, or whether it's questioning the policies that come out of Washington, or out of our government, generally, I think media's job is to look at it and say, "What's really going on here? What's the story behind what you see?"”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“Channeling my inner bohemian in a maxi print skirt and textured denim jacket.”
“A lot of times when I'm writing lyrics, I just think about insecurities that I might have and turn them into a scene. Some things may be true, and some things may not.”
“The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate.”
“My art in the last period has all been in small format, but my paintings have become even deeper and more spiritual, speaking truly through colour. Feeling that because of my illness I would not be able to paint very much longer, I worked like a man obsessed on these little 'Meditations' (a long series of small paintings he made during the last years of his life, with as main motif the schema of a face, ed.). And now I leave these small but, to me, important works to the future and to people who love art.”
“I spend way too much time on Facebook and MySpace to feel too uncomfortable at this. I like to think of the Internet as an effective way to waste time and time.”
“For each of our actions there are only consequences.”

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