Richard Flanagan Quotes

Unlike some mainland black groups, Tasmanian Aborigines now have no traditional tribal culture left. It was taken from them with great violence and great rapidity.

Richard Flanagan

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GreatCultureBlackViolenceNow

If we're having a tough day, we'll bring the babies on, and suddenly, these crew guys who have, like, tattoos all over their necks are cooing and fawning.

Jessica St. Clair

DayToughOverTattoosBringCrew

If I can inspire some leaders, that would be great. I don't know if I want to be a leader.

Joe Wurzelbacher

LeaderGreatInspireI CanKnow

'Time' was a glorious place to work in the years that I was there, from 1959 to 1964.

John Gregory Dunne

WorkTimePlaceYearsGlorious

I've never done anything because I thought it would look cool.

John Mayer

CoolThoughtLookDoneNeverWould

I have Louis Vuitton everything. I'm obsessed.

Jeffree Star

EverythingObsessedLouis

The Democrats have come right out and said it: the power of the central government shall have no limits at all.

Mia Love

PowerGovernmentLimitsSaidRight

There's a picture of Christopher and the real Ken Titus and myself in my dressing room. He's a great guy, by the way. I just think the real Ken is just super. And he's so happy for his son's success.

Stacy Keach

SuccessSonGreatMyselfHappyWay

No one sits on the stoop when she's a kid and thinks, 'I want to be a biographer when I grow up.'

Stacy Schiff

GrowWantGrow UpSheKidUp

For decades, we've worked under the assumption that mass culture follows a steadily declining path toward lowest-common-denominator standards, presumably because the 'masses' want dumb, simple pleasures and big media companies want to give the masses what they want.

Steven Johnson

PathCultureSimpleMediaDumbWant

We have all these cultural assumptions about love. People get hurt, and we say, 'Oh, it's no one's fault.'

Mona Simpson

LovePeopleHurtAssumptionsSayOh

I appreciate film actors who respect the film making process.

Logan Lerman

RespectProcessAppreciateFilmWho

I am a huge fan of Adrian Piper: how she works, how she reveals her process in the work, how she writes about it.

Jason Moran

WorkI AmProcessSheHerFan

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