Neville Brody Quotes
Typography is a hidden tool of manipulation within society. All schools should be teaching typography; we should be fundamentally aware of how typographic language is forming out assholes.
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I would never let somebody say that they're me. That would be the ultimate betrayal of what I stand for.
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I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind to wealth and power. There should be no specially protected groups of any kind, except for children, the severely disabled and the elderly, whose physical frailty demands society's care.
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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
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The Web is the new way to figure out who's hot and what's not. You can't let TV dictate because it's so polished, so political. It is what they want you to know. The Internet is the raw.
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Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.
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I'm never really going to be the normal teenager.
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I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.
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Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
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On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.
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Sometimes I read a really good script, and I just know that it's not a good fit.
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If you don't learn constantly, you don't grow, and you will wither. Too many people wither on the vine. Sure, it gets a little harder as you get older, but new experiences and new challenges keep it fresh.
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I'm a normal person and I don't have superpowers! I do normal things, too.
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Dogma not only blinds its protagonist, but it muzzles all other opposition.
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I know I'm as comfortable doing period as I am contemporary. I suppose we grow up with it in a sense, in the theater. We get to put on costumes and play a lot of period dramas or plays so we're exposed to it a little bit more I think because of our theatrical background.
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So much of what I do has been based off of my heroes and guys I've watched come up.
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My house was bugged. They couldn't find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America; I just don't like some of the things the government is doing.
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If most of those who took part in this one-dimensional debate were honest with themselves, they would admit that they do not in principle believe that the United States can do any good overseas for anyone but the American government, its armed forces, or privileged American elites.
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We have to support our own films. If we don't, how can we expect others to support them?
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Turns out Picasso's passion for uncertainty, mystery, and the thrill of life never ended.
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I just feel like I'm on a quest to fail if I try to even compete with myself.
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As it defines itself, every society defines other societies. That definition almost always takes the form of a condemnation: the 'other' is the barbarian.
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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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I can remember watching 'Lord of the Rings' and being truly regretful that I wasn't a being in that world.
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Typography is a hidden tool of manipulation within society. All schools should be teaching typography; we should be fundamentally aware of how typographic language is forming out assholes.
