Alan Lomax Quotes
The dimension of cultural equity needs to be added to the humane continuum of liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and social justice.
Quotes to Explore
-
My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
-
Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.
-
Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
-
I am completely, utterly obsessed with clothes. To an embarrassing extent.
-
We're not ever interested in repeating ourselves or doing what people expect us to do, it's such a turn off.
-
In order to raise money from somebody, you have to understand who is this person, not to deceive them but to understand them. What would be their motives for contributing money? Why do these people contribute money to some places, but not to others? That's attunement - treating everybody well, but not treating everybody the same.
-
It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
-
I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
-
I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
-
Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.
-
It was a difficult second record. I had moments where I couldn't write; had moments where I was writing lots. It was just a massive learning process for me.
-
When you look at the lyrics of 'Sometimes When We Touch,' it's really very much an adolescent song.
-
In the movies, they make you look good and tough, but in real life, it's completely the opposite. I do these ueber roles, I think, because in real life I'm quite shy and reserved. In real life, I'm a dork.
-
War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
-
Once I feel I'm right, I have enjoyed provoking.
-
People want to see something that isn't necessarily somebody walking around in a superhero costume.
-
I have newspapers coming to me and saying, 'Can we get in on the TARP?'.
-
Happiness is very simple and minimal.
-
When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won't know where you are.
-
Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin.
-
Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice... No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.
-
To become a lawyer you must discard your ethics and become an eloquent devil that views justice as god.
-
The dimension of cultural equity needs to be added to the humane continuum of liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and social justice.
