Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes
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I'm the complete opposite of every clean cut, decent-looking guy you could ever think of. Yet, I have the biggest heart in the world.
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A lot of kids are bullied because of their sexual identity or expression. It's often the effeminate boys and the masculine girls, the ones who violate gender norms and expectations, who get bullied.
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If I still had my legs, I would be in line for a battalion command, and instead, I'm flying a desk.
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I tell you, in this world, being a little crazy helps to keep you sane.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies in them.
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A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
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The battle is all over except the 'shouting' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
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Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand - but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied.
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The prize for ultimate inefficiency goes to America. We have built in so many checks and balances that our 'leaders' are the most thoroughly hogtied of any on Earth.
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Unless you have a perception of who you are as a lawyer, you will never be at ease in dealing with legal matters, clients, or courts. But if you know who you are and why you're there, all you need is the expertise and the information.
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I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.
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Rebuilding the military is something Putin will pay attention to.
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I am a woman above everything else.
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I think that God has revealed Himself to many at many times and in many places. Indeed, He continuously reveals Himself to man today : every new discovery of science is a further 'revelation' of the order which God has built into His universe.
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I am moved by fancies that are curledAround these images, and cling:The notion of some infinitely gentleInfinitely suffering thing.
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What goes up can continue.
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The house clock, place certain there at the bottom of things, strikes the half hour dry and null. All is so much, all is so deep, all is so dark and cold!
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I always seem drawn to people who need help, and I've needed help, too. I've had to learn to love myself.
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My mother always said to me, 'You're going to have to work harder and have to be better, and you can't take no for an answer'.
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I have three ex-wives. I can't remember any of their names, so I just call 'em Plaintiff.
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If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself.
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There's an obsessive quality to it that I thought I would've grown out of by now. It's an ongoing source of shame for me.
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I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was young.
