Banksy Quotes
The art world is the biggest joke going. It's a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern art is a disgrace - never have so many people used so much stuff and taken so long to say so little.
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There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.
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Up until the end of the Bush Administration, there was indifference to the North Korean suffering under Kim Jong-Il.
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I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'
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For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like that of feeling and hearing the evidence of the audience members' enjoyment. Laughter and applause really are powerful.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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It always annoys me when stars grumble about fans coming up to them in the street. I love it. These young stars today with all their airs and graces, they need to remember it is an honour and a privilege to make money from acting. How hard is it?
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We had to get serious and hit all aspects. We had to graduate. That's what you got to do: reach all people across the nation.
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All of world's eyes are trained on the Games. So winning at that stage is heroic. It is a different feeling altogether and cannot be explained in words.
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You don't make it anywhere without someone helping you out.
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It's taken me time to find my feet in L.A.
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There's almost no author alive who isn't weathering the tumultuous changes in the publishing industry.
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If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Suggestions.
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I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
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I get a lot of disbelief that my accent could actually be real, which seems strange.
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Madonna and I are very different. Just saying. We're very different. I wouldn't make that comparison at all, and I don't mean to disrespect Madonna: she's a nice lady, and she's had a fantastic, huge career - biggest pop star of all time.
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In order to do a musical now, a style must be developed that works for today's audience.
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There's no way to know the motives of another person totally, even a person that you know very well.
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In a free country, government is a dull and onerous responsibility. It is a parent-teacher conference.
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Good design for the home should be universal. A house should be like old shoes, comfortable, like a good friend... The Japanese aesthetic is important to me. Very organic. They have a sense of the weight of the thing: very balanced.
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People would say, Can we develop a sitcom around you? and I would say, Not interested. I'm very happy doing standup and writing and taking my kids to school.
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I want to produce untapped voices, find people and help them get their platform.
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I'm really strict with my skincare regimen. No matter what's happening in my life, I wash my face every single night and I moisturize - even if it's 4 A.M.
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The art world is the biggest joke going. It's a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak. And modern art is a disgrace - never have so many people used so much stuff and taken so long to say so little.
