Mao Zedong Quotes
There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.
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After Brown, I went to Duke, to a Ph.D. program in American literature. My dad's an English professor. After a year there, I was like, 'Jesus. I don't want to do this. I don't want to be in the library.' So I pulled the ripcord, and that was it.
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I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.
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Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
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Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.
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Journalism students need to understand it and need a solid background in the liberal arts, in sociology, economics, literature and language, because they won't get it later on.
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As I discovered music, especially Rock 'n Roll, new territory was opened to me. I was lured by the unbridled rhythm of this art form. It was like gasoline on the fire of my youthful spirit.
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I work in the film business, where schmoozing is an art form, lunch hour lasts from 12:30 until 3, and every meeting takes an hour whether there's an hour's worth of business or not.
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I was always trying - I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.
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I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.
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I love Rihanna. She represents that strong, independent woman that you cannot keep down.
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I still want to do a romantic comedy or a western or a gritty independent film... there's so much that I still want to do.
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The biggest misconception people have about me is that when they see how young I am, they think, 'Oh, this guy must have always wanted to be in politics; his parents must have been politically connected.' I'm a finance major and always intended to go into business.
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Thus in such a Labour Party there can be no question of independent policy.
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Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.
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A lot of politics in art is just institutional critique, which, in my opinion, is not all that political.
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I think that music is still art, even if it's commercialised.
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Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.
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It's very hard to find perfection in your life. But in the art world you can do that.
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The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.
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There must be some one quality without which a work of art cannot exist; possessing which, in the least degree, no work is altogether worthless.
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Ru Paul knew details of the 'Burnett Show' that even surprised me.
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When you have a character to work with, you carry them around in a strange way - they make you look at the world in a different way.
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But we need to pray daily for humility and honesty to see these sinful attitudes for that they really are, and then for grace and discipline to root them out of our minds and replace them with thoughts pleasing to God.
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There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.
