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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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.
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I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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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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Alas! for him whose youthful fireIs vowed and wasted on the lyre,-Alas! for him who shall essay,The laurel's long and dreary way!Mocking will greet, neglect will chillHis spirit's gush, his bosom's thrill;And, worst of all, that heartless praiseEchoed from what another says.
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We'd traveled, we'd been to lots of parties, lots of movies and concerts, we'd slept in. We'd done all those things that people with children seem to miss so passionately. We didn't want those things anymore. We wanted a baby.
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There's nothing like the peace of the countryside, the quiet and the lack of distraction. It helps you to focus your mind.
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Freedom is slavery some poets tell us. Enslave yourself to the right leader's truth, Christ's or Karl Marx', and it will set you free.
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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.
