Barbara Kruger Quotes

I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.

Barbara Kruger

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• So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so.

  

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• Never have we stolen the intelligences of other peoples. On the contrary, in Cuba we have trained tens of thousands of doctors and other top-level professionals, for free, in order to send them back to their own countries.

  

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• My family moved from California to New Jersey in the beginning of my sophomore year of high school. I will never forget the first day in a new school, walking into the cafeteria during lunch and not knowing a single soul. I didn't feel confident enough to share a seat at just anyone's table.

  

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• Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?

  

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• As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'

  

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• Children who have an education grow up to lead healthier lives - earn higher income, take better care of their families, contribute to their economies.

  

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• When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.

  

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• My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.

  

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• 'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.

  

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• The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.

  

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• It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.

  

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• I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • Girl
  • Language
  • Gun