"The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all people should experience,"

-- Henry Louis Gates

#America Quotes #People Quotes #Growth Quotes

“The noble grotesque involves the true appreciation of beauty.”
“Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well.”

Source : IGN Interview, www.ign.com. December 1, 2003.
“For me, Corsica is a place that I visited with my friends, maybe five or six times over the years, and I'm so happy there that I wanted to make a painting about it almost just to share with my friends, but it's so difficult when all your feelings are one way, and they're very sort of happy and pleasant. It's impossible to make a painting about it.”
“Im open-minded. I dont consider myself gay or hetero, I just am. Ive had experiences all over the planet but it always comes down to just me, but I think at this point if I had an ongoing relationship I believe it would be with a man.”
“grievance does not make for great art.”
“I grew up in a kibbutz in the Galilee, but we were surrounded by Arabic villages, so I heard all these sounds and all this music. My father was very close friends with one of the Bedouin tribes, so I would always go there, to weddings, and I was always very fascinated by that music.”
“I master my doubts now. I have fun with them, they're my travelling companions.”
“Are they really gods?" "I never worry about theological questions," said Nightingale. "They exist, they have power and they can breach the Queen's peace - that makes them a police matter.”

Source : Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Midnight Riot”, p.100, Del Rey

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