"The attempt to divide art and politics is a bourgeois which says good poetry, art, cannot be political, but since everything is â€¦ political, even an artist or work that claims not to have any politics is making a political statement by that act."

-- Amiri Baraka

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“I wouldn't want [my daughtr] to be a model. I don't think it's the best industry really for young girls. Unless you're really strong, it can really f**k you up.”
“My stepdad always said, "If you're going to believe the good, you're going to believe the bad." I think that's really important.”

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“It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.”

Source : Nelson Mandela (2003). “Nelson Mandela: from freedom to the future : tributes and speeches”, Jonathan Ball Publishers
“The cross is the standing statement of what we do to one another and to ourselves. The resurrection is the standing statement of what God does to us in return.”
“Every wave, regardless of how high and forceful it crests, must eventually collapse within itself.”
“Look people. Iâ€™m just a tool to get you where you need to go. If you donâ€™t want to go there, thatâ€™s on you. But Iâ€™m going to do my best to help you get where you want to be. Okay. So when you get mad and I hear you say â€˜I love you but I hate youâ€™. Letâ€™s take the hate out. Love me and love yourself because you can dig, and you can go.”
“Businesses owned by responsible and organized merchants shall eventually surpass those owned by wealthy rulers.”
“It's liberty or death! It's freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody!”

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