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SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I’ll do some great, awful painting about her.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat I start a picture and I finish it.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat I had some money, I made the best paintings ever.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat If I’m away from painting for a week, I get bored.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat I’d never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat I wanted to build up a name for myself.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat Believe it or not, I can actually draw.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat There are about 30 words around you all the time, like ‘thread’ or ‘exit.’
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat The country makes me more paranoid, you know? I think the crazy people out there are little crazier.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat I am not a black artist, I am an artist.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you’ve got to realize that influence is not influence. It’s simply someone’s idea going through my new mind.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat Most Young Kings Get Their Heads Cut Off.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat
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It is beneath pale blue skies, amongst sycamore trees, and afoot dirtied leaves, my heart, and soul finds peace.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford A wounded heart never stops bleeding.
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C.R. ElliottC.R. Elliott I get so lost in your midnight eyes I forget we’re running out of time.
Ana DeeAna Dee The worst thing is not to share our pain with each other when you can.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Love was created for so many reasons and you will always be one of them.
Karla GaleanaKarla Galeana Tired of being tired burnt out from putting our fires.
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Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow I think people relate to me because of the ups and downs I have had. I mean, I’ve shared a lot of strong emotions in my life, that I think maybe ’cause they believe I’m not scared to tell everybody I’m a human being.
John DalyJohn Daly One of the great cosmic laws, I think, is that whatever we hold in our thought will come true in our experience.
Richard BachRichard Bach We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
C. V. RamanC. V. Raman I think the fact that I’m so well known to be gay makes it very difficult to have a convincing relationship with a woman on screen. It wouldn’t be at all difficult for me to kiss a woman – I’ll kiss a frog if you like.
Stephen FryStephen Fry How easily we make things as way, truth, and life. Or, we call hot atmosphere as life, we label clear thought as life.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
C. V. RamanC. V. Raman Whatever is on the page is what I’m married to. I’m very prepared. I’m a thespian. I don’t like to improv. I don’t like to go off course ’cause I think that’s where stuff happens. When you stick to the material ’cause it’s written so well, that’s where the magic happens.
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