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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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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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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I watched TV religiously when I was a kid, but nowadays - with the Internet - there's so many people writing about TV on the Internet, that everything's sort of under a magnifying glass.
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There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.
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Sport is increasingly played according to the tune, and rules, of those with the biggest bucks, whether their practices be legal or illegal.
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The final words of a domestic bully: If you leave me now furious angels will descend upon you and bring you back to me.
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I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling of it, all ancient and bloody.
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An estimated 2 million American women will be diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer this decade and screening could prevent up to 30% of these deaths for women over 40.
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I might be more satisfied seeing my friends really come up than myself. I'm really happy for my success, but I can't really see it, because I'm myself working. You can see it; everyone around me can see it.
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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.
