Lou Reed Quotes
LR: 'Are you political, Lou? Audience: 'Yeah, are you?' LR:'Political about what? You give me an issue, I'll give you a tissue and you can wipe my ass with it.'
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I still wanted to see the family come back to life. And when that didn't transpire from the music, it kinda made me feel like I was bein' taken advantage of. I thought, when people heard '8 Diagrams,' they'd be like, 'Oh, Wu-Tang is a wrap now - they've lost it.' And I know that we didn't lose it.
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.
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Why does it appear that interested readers so often attribute flaws to 'the press' rather than taking particular issue with particular reports?
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I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again.
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Intellectual Ventures is a company that invests in invention.
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I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
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I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
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People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.
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As long as I'm not selling out the people that ride or die with me, I'm glad I'm not an MC. I'm a motivational speaker. I'm not that rapper dude.
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I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.
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When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
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I like things going on in my life. I don't want to be on a beach somewhere just relaxing.
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So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.
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Someone has to stand up for wimps.
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I work with people like Spielberg and Abrams all the time.
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Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
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Donald Trump begins his political career in birtherism. That idea is connected to a very, very old notion that African-Americans are not citizens.
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I don't write political plays in the sense that I'm writing essays that are kind of disguised as plays. I would really defy anyone to watch any of my plays and say 'Well, here's the point.'
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I think it is difficult to achieve a meaningful political coalition if you have race-based programs that divide members of the coalition. The problem I have, however, is that white people assume an either/or position: Either we have race-based programs or we don't. What I see is comprehensive social reform that includes race-based and race-neutral programs.
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I really like getting the person who is terrified of cooking into the kitchen and showing them that cooking can be both indulgent and fun.
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LR: 'Are you political, Lou? Audience: 'Yeah, are you?' LR:'Political about what? You give me an issue, I'll give you a tissue and you can wipe my ass with it.'
