"Hip-hop is the last true folk art."

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Mos Def

#Art Quotes #Hip Hop Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“As in the fine arts, the progress of mankind from barbarism to civilisation is marked by a gradual succession of triumphs over the rude materialities of nature, so in the art of cookery is the progress gradual from the earliest and simplest modes, to those of the most complicated and refined.”

Source : Isabella Beeton, Nicola Humble (2008). “Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management: Abridged Edition”, p.57, Oxford University Press
“And it's exactly what's wrong with the radio. It's like...anything that tries to appeal to everybody always ends up sounding so cheap.”

Source : Joe Meno (2012). “Office Girl”, p.167, Akashic Books
“It is always esteemed the greatest mischief a man can do to those whom he loves, to raise men's expectations of them too high by undue and impertinent commendations.”

Source : Thomas Sprat (1667). “The History of the Royal Society of London, for the Improving of Natural Knowledge”, p.46
“I am very proud to be featured, especially when you consider the outstanding champions who have had this honor. It is great company to be in.”
“They claim that autism naturally occurs at about 18 months, when the MMR is routinely given, so the association is merely coincidental and not causal. But the onset of autism at 18 months is a recent development. Autism starting at 18 months rose very sharply in the mid-1980s, when the MMR vaccine came into wide use. A coincidence? Hardly!”
“Always take the long term view and train and race smart, with a bit of caution.”
“Many are ambitious of saying grand things, that is, of being grandiloquent.”
“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness's of other people. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

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