Banksy Quotes
On Painting Rats, and the Glorification of Them. They exist without permission. They are hated, hunted and persecuted. They live in quiet desperation amongst the filth. And yet they are capable of bringing entire civilizations to their knees. If you are dirty, insignificant, and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.
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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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Mum and Dad were very much friends and up for life. There was no anxiety for anything when I was growing up; they just taught me to be me.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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I guess I crave stability.
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My goal when I make my show is to make a show for women. I don't make a show for men.
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Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
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Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.
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And they just saw me on that and - from the time I was 11 until I was 12, I guess. And then when I had just turned 13, they asked me if I wanted to tour with Johnny Cash back East.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.
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When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child.
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No matter the bad things that happened in past time, let's try to live the best we can now.
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Egon Schiele is my favorite painter. There's just something about art - photography, painting, music, plays - whatever you see, sometimes there's a gut reaction that's more important or more visceral than what your brain is thinking about. You can't explain that reaction. It's like what happens when you fall in love.
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I was hooked on aviation, made model airplanes, and never thought I would be able to fly myself. It cost too much. But then World War II came along and changed all that.
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I learned a lot in the naval officers' course. It gave me a lot.
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On Painting Rats, and the Glorification of Them. They exist without permission. They are hated, hunted and persecuted. They live in quiet desperation amongst the filth. And yet they are capable of bringing entire civilizations to their knees. If you are dirty, insignificant, and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.
