"Why should the Negroes ever fight against the only nations of the world where racial discrimination is prohibited, and where the people can live freely? Never! I can assure you, they will never fight against either the Soviet Union or the peoples' democracies."

-- Paul Robeson

#Fighting Quotes #People Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“If I die, I'm going to die onstage.”
“You start to think, when you're finishing a record, in twelve- to fourteen-minute chunks. At a certain point, you do write to the format. It's not a coincidence that most albums are between thirty-five and fifty minutes. It's kind of like the 98-minute film. It becomes some paradigm for human attention in the media.”
“A careful and sympathetic sense of humour can also be a great asset when there is need to get out of difficult situations gracefully.”

Source : John Allen Fraser (1993). “The House of Commons at Work”, Montréal : Éditions de la Chenelière
“The entire art system urgently needs a vacation.”

Source : Isa Genzken (2000). “Urlaub”
“Chess is a contributor to net human unhappiness, since the pleasure of victory is greatly exceeded by the pain of defeat.”
“A lot of geeks are pale, bespectacled, wear dark clothing and don't get out much - the stereotype exists because it is very often true. I could pass for a non-geek but it would be inaccurate.”
“Lovers of painting and lovers of music are people who openly display their preference like a delectable ailment that isolates them and makes them proud.”
“You can't treat royalty like people with normal perverted desires.”

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