"Artists can help re-imagine a conflict and start a dialogue."

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Romesh Gunesekera

#Artist Quotes #Helping Quotes #Conflict Quotes

“I work best in rhyme and meter. I was most confident of myself in that way.”
“Some kinds of government regulation of private consensual homosexual behavior may face substantial constitutional challenge.”
“I know that strong trade unions and best supported by Labour Government actually protect worker's rights.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.”
“EMILY's List members are deeply committed to electing pro-choice Democratic women whom we trust to stand up for our rights, treat us honestly, and make us proud. Our candidates fight for us every day. Blanche Lincoln failed to hold up her end of the bargain.”

Source : "Lincoln's First Ad: 'I Don't Answer To My Party'" by Mike Memoli, www.realclearpolitics.com.
“we all begin the process before we are ready, before we are strong enough, before we know enough; we begin a dialogue with thoughts and feelings that both tickle and thunder within us. We respond before we know how to speak the language, before we know all the answers, and before we know exactly to whom we are speaking.”
“Mainstream medias representation, or its guerrilla decontextualization, of black mens lives in particular can set the stage for erroneous assumptions capable of damaging an individual or a nation.”
“Some people say it might be good for your career to die and then come back again. I have died many ways, car crashes, motorcycle crashes, etc. But, I am still alive.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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