The most important thing for anyone, I think, is to be engaged, whether you’re an artist or a journalist is to be engaged in the process at some level.
BILLY BRAGGWhether we like it or not, we live in a post-ideological world. That’s how a Donald Trump can get through. He has no ideology at all: in that sense, he’s a bit like Mussolini.
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If we accuse Trump of being a liar, he won’t just say ‘I never said that’ or just ignore it and go on to the next thing.
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Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.
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If you’ve got a blacklist, I want to be on it.
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Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.
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If you thought the army was here protecting people like yourself, I’ve some news for you, we’re here to defend wealth.
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There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn’t seem to come with them.
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You can experience a download, but you can’t download an experience.
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A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.
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That’s what I’m about — getting engaged. Too many people don’t wade in the mud with the politicians.
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What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands.
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Whether we like it or not, we live in a post-ideological world. That’s how a Donald Trump can get through. He has no ideology at all: in that sense, he’s a bit like Mussolini.
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You have to recognise your responsibility to your community for your actions. Liberty doesn’t mean that you are not held accountable.
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The evil lot who did that thing on September 11 did it because they wanted to create a war between America and Islam. And by invading Iraq, we gave them what they hoped for.
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Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.
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Don’t saddle me with your ideals, and spare me all your guilt. For a poet with all the answers, has never yet been built.
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