"In order to correctly define art, it is necessary, first of all, to cease to consider it as a means to pleasure and consider it as one of the conditions of human life. ...Reflecting on it in this way, we cannot fail to observe that art is one of the means of effective communication between people."

-- Leo Tolstoy

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“I'd always done family-friendly stuff. I wanted to do a film where I could show my darker side and make people uncomfortable.”
“Well, I grew up as a democrat.”
“They made a shrewd guess that I could give them some useful information, and they were the first to meet me. Some one said they came to arrest me, and - well, let it go at that.”

Source : Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.168, Applewood Books
“I don't come from a rich family - it's not like we lived in a cardboard box, but we didn't have a ton of money.”
“A knockoff is not as easy to spot when it comes to love.”
“(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great routes that this sub-propaganda takes are the conditioned reflex and the myth”
“I'd love to maybe try writing. I don't know if I'd publish anything, but as a hobby, it's really nice. I bought a typewriter, and I really like to write on the typewriter sometimes. It's a fun little hobby.”
“Over the next four years, I will continue to listen to different views and accept different suggestions.”

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