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Art
does matter today because with art I
can fight resentment, hatred and cynicism.
As an artist I am a warrior.
—Thomas Hirschhorn |
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For
more than half a century he has served
as our poet of exile — a man
almost without a country, unless the
country lies wherever he has landed,
in flight from himself.
—William Logan, about Derek Wolcott |
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There
are times when you are simply required
to be impolite. There are times when
condescension is called for.
—Aaron Sorkin |
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Mother
Nature always bats last and she always
bats a thousand.
—Thomas Friedman |
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Hunting
animals with high-powered guns could
only be defined as sport if both sides
were equally armed.
—Dick Cavett |
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True
peace is not merely the absence of tension.
It's the presence of justice.
—Martin Luther King |
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If
we are the great innocents in this war,
then where did we learn all this evil
we practice?
—Chris Abani |
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We
waited in silence as the sun set. The
stillness outside seemed the measure
of our ignorance The insurgents were
coming, and now they were not. They were
watching us.
—Dexter Filkins |
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I
agree with a teacher of mine, Howard
Zinn, that war is as objectionable as
cannibalism and slavery;
—Alice Walker |
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The
Weather Channel is slowly morphing
into the news channel. Local news at
10 p.m. used to be titled, “News,
weather and sports.” I fear that
for our kids it’s going to be, “Weather,
other news and sports.”
—Thomas Friedman |
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