Nan Goldin Quotes
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Countries that managed to rebuild commanding state structures after popular nationalist revolutions - such as China, Vietnam, and Iran - look stable and cohesive when compared with a traditional monarchy such as Thailand or wholly artificial nation-states like Iraq and Syria.
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All religions have been made by men.
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While the protection of speech is at the bedrock of our democracy, it's critical as a nation that we exercise our right every day - and that includes embracing and engaging with those we may not agree with.
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To put it simply and a bit crudely: Our economy is demanding more well-educated workers than our schools are providing. To attract this scarce resource, communities have to offer more than just jobs.
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I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.
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My thinking has always been that the worst problem we have with regard to lack of inclusion is the terribly low labor force participation rates and terribly high unemployment rates of young men, especially young men in ethnic minority groups and, in particular, young black men.
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My cross earrings are a mini statement; I wear them every day! My whole dream is to be iconic, and the way you dress yourself is so important.
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The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
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Most organisms have loads of junk DNA - less pejoratively, noncoding DNA - cluttering their cells.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history, but it's not very deep.
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Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
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The song that's affected me the most profoundly is probably Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' or, more specifically, the couple seconds of instrumental break before Vincent Price starts 'rapping.'
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Move fast. Speed is one of your main advantages over large competitors.
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One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model.
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People would pay money to work at CNN.
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What do you mean you have my children at the police station? Why are my kids at the police station?
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We wanted to describe society from our Left point of view. Per had written political books, but they'd only sold 300 copies. We realised that people read crime and through the stories we could show the reader that under the official image of welfare-state Sweden there was another layer of poverty, criminality and brutality.
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Good is latent in every living thing and simply needs to be called into active expression through the gracious application of respect, sympathetic understanding, gentleness and love.
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I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence.
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My hands are full when you give me your hand.
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I always had this put-together family, and I always identified as the outsider. And that's a position where I feel most comfortable, and yet I feel an incredible longing to belong. That is really a strong feeling from my childhood - a desire to be part of a group.
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It's a hideous feeling to go round shopping and even feel like you are a freak.
