Rirkrit Tiravanija Quotes

I am a socialist, so I am not worried about socialism. I am worried about dictators who are putting everyone into a socialist state for their own benefit.

Rirkrit Tiravanija

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I AmSocialismEveryoneOwnBenefit

The only place I considered home was the boarding school, in Yorkshire, my parents sent me to.

Joe Strummer

HomeSchoolParentsMePlaceOnly

I'm kind of a nerd. A square. And I'm terrible at telling jokes. I always forget the punch line.

Jeff MacNelly

ForgetKindAlwaysLineJokesPunch

I'm not going to say no to playing a show in Missoula.

Jeff Ament

SayPlayingGoingShow

I don't believe that when you are 25 you are over the hill. Fifty is the new 30.

Michael Flatley

BelieveYouNewHillOverFifty

Oh, I'm a pretty bad poet. This has been corroborated by others.

Amity Gaige

BadOthersPrettyPoetBeenOh

These days we seem more bound to our bosses than ever before. We even identify our own selves with the jobs we do: 'What do you do?' is the first question we ask each other at parties, as if a job title could express a fundamental truth about our personality.

Tom Hodgkinson

TruthPersonalityJobYouAskFirst

What Russia really needs is not gay rights but human rights, and the rule of law.

Robert Zubrin

LawGayRule Of LawHumanRights

With the piano I'm completely in control of the gestural situation-not that I'm going to play the piece myself, but I know what's difficult, what's impossible.

Luc Ferrari

MyselfControlImpossiblePlayKnow

I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.

Lord Byron

MeProcessKnowSayProvePleasure

Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.

Doris Lessing

OpportunityUnexpectedBlossomWill

Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and - since there is no other metaphor - also the soul.

Christopher Hitchens

SoulMindLiteratureMetaphorSince

Arafat is the greatest obstacle to peace and stability in the Middle East.

Ariel Sharon

PeaceStabilityObstacleMiddleEast

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