No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
JAMES BALDWINThe moment we cease to hold each other, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.
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The artistic image is not intended to represent the thing itself, but, rather, the reality of the force the thing contains.
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There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.
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There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.
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Our crown has already been bought and paid for. All we have to do is wear it.
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Everybody’s journey is individual.
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There are people in the world for whom “coming along” is a perpetual process, people who are destined never to arrive.
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Artists are here to disturb the peace.
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Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society.
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Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore.
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I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do.
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Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.
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Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
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All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it.
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I want to be an honest man and a good writer.
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Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have.
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