Brad Holland Quotes
Political art expresses the cliches you agree with, unlike propaganda, which expresses the cliches you don't.
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I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.
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The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart.
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There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.
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Weirdly, my nickname was Lady. I didn't get Stretch, or Stilts, or Spider Legs - I got Lady. I guess I was always a bit ladylike.
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You can't reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you'll never lose people knowing you.
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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
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I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
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I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt.
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I get the feeling that people from outside the world of contemporary art see it as deserving of mockery, in an emperor's-new-clothes sort of way. I think that's not right and that it's just because they don't understand the discourse.
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I just think Australia tends to make very good movies, so if someone hands me an Australian or an American film script I would guess the Australian film would be more intriguing.
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Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.
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I eat vegetarian a lot. I buy only fresh ingredients and cook from scratch - that way, when I feel like snacking and look in my fridge, it's: 'Oh, baby carrots or chocolate soy pudding. Take your pick.'
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To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.
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My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage.
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When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.
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Lovers should also have their days off.
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Bernie Sanders would say, "You still have millions of African Americans who aren't insured, and if we had a single-payer system, that wouldn't be the case." And that's true.
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I never really took a proper art class in college. I just started reading art magazines and going to galleries. I was really drawn to it.
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Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience.
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Because of the security reasons for one thing and, second, my wife doesn't like to have her hair blown about. Have you got another silly question?
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Political art expresses the cliches you agree with, unlike propaganda, which expresses the cliches you don't.
