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It is the business of the artist to make humanity aware of itself.


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The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.

The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.



The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.

The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.



Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.



Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.

Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.



The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.

The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.



As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, When the hot water gives out or goes tepid, So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.

As a bathtub lined with white porcelain, When the hot water gives out or goes tepid, So is the slow cooling of our chivalrous passion, O my much praised but-not-altogether-satisfactory lady.



The ant's a centaur in his dragon world.

The ant's a centaur in his dragon world.



All great art is born of the metropolis.

All great art is born of the metropolis.



'Tis the white stag, Fame, we're a-hunting, bid the world's hounds come to horn!

'Tis the white stag, Fame, we're a-hunting, bid the world's hounds come to horn!



What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it.





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If you see the dragon fly, best you drink the flagon dry.”—Zarost



That was what happened to laughter when you caged it. It became unbearably sad. It was worse than crying.

That was what happened to laughter when you caged it. It became unbearably sad. It was worse than crying.



By taking a business-like approach, the student-athletes and their parents will be in control of the outcome and that's how it should be.

By taking a business-like approach, the student-athletes and their parents will be in control of the outcome and that's how it should be.



There are really funny alternative comics and really funny straight comics who write and perform traditionally.

There are really funny alternative comics and really funny straight comics who write and perform traditionally.



I've read every one of Donald Goines' books. So as soon as I heard there was an opportunity for one of his novels to be turned into a movie, I jumped at the opportunity.

I've read every one of Donald Goines' books. So as soon as I heard there was an opportunity for one of his novels to be turned into a movie, I jumped at the opportunity.



The thing that motivates me most in my workouts is when I can learn something new.

The thing that motivates me most in my workouts is when I can learn something new.



By practicing Buddhist Yoga, you can become happy, ecstatic and free in your current incarnation, even if you have never been that way before in any of your past lives.

By practicing Buddhist Yoga, you can become happy, ecstatic and free in your current incarnation, even if you have never been that way before in any of your past lives.



I am not so think as you drunk I am.

I am not so think as you drunk I am.



If I could still play, I would be trying. It's been 15 years.

If I could still play, I would be trying. It's been 15 years.



In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making 'Star Trek.' But most of the time, I don't think about it.

In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making 'Star Trek.' But most of the time, I don't think about it.




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