"Thought is more important than art....To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into existence, is finally not even to understand what art is."

-- Amiri Baraka

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“The infernal storm, eternal in its rage, sweeps and drives the spirits with its blast; it whirls them, lashing them with punishment. When they are swept back past their place of judgment then come the shrieks, laments, and anguished cries; there they blaspheme God's almighty power.”
“All is waiting and all is work; all is change and all is permanence.”
“To me, one of the things I love about being an actor is that its never done; its never perfect, and so its the process. Its like practicing being okay with things not being perfect and things being outside of your control.”
“No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.”
“My son ain't going to be miserable because he's going to be the child of a rock star, the end.”
“For me, the singer is actually the most important element. When I work with someone, it all comes down to whether I like the singer or not.”

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“You prove but too clearly that seeking to know Is too frequently learning to doubt.”
“It is time to finish off the U.S. once and for all.”

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