Banksy Quotes
But there's no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We're not supposed to be embraced in that way. When you look at how society rewards so many of the wrong people, it's hard not to view financial reimbursement as a badge of self-serving mediocrity.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.
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The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.
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That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.
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I've been a fan of Burberry for a very long time and they've been so supportive of me for many years.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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The Wild West attracts cowboys. A sheriff is a good thing.
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E. Klimov's 'Come and See,' about partisans fighting the Germans in Byelorussia, is the greatest anti-war film ever made.
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I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.
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Modeling has always played off my D.J.-ing, but it is a fun supplement.
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I'm vehemently against population transfer. I'm against expelling anyone from his house, ever - whether it be a Jew or an Arab.
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
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Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
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Romania is still very much underutilizing its natural and human potential.
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I've never been strong with my time-management skills.
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I tell people that we must have the courage to share what we feel, but no one follows me.
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The choice of roles as I grow older gets more and more limited, so if I pin myself to one kind of part I would get in trouble. So, these oddball ladies came along for me to do - I guess Terry Gilliam helped in this respect. I have found them more interesting, flashier and I get more mileage out of them.
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You've got to be a misanthrope in this business, a real son of a bitch. I'm touchy. I've got raw nerve ends, and I'll jump. If I see a stuffed shirt, I want to punch it.
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By the visual pattern, but mostly I'm guided entirely by my ear, what I hear.
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White people couldn't do black music back in the day because they weren't funky or bad enough. They weren't from the ghettoes, but hip-hop and R&B changed all of that because white kids want to be down with it. They wanted to learn it so they studied the culture. It's kind of a cool thing because we shouldn't be so separate.
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Real theology is always rather shocking to people who already think they know what they think. I'm still shocked myself.
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But there's no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We're not supposed to be embraced in that way. When you look at how society rewards so many of the wrong people, it's hard not to view financial reimbursement as a badge of self-serving mediocrity.
