Francisco Costa Quotes

Rio was a period of my life, and then, poof, I'm gone. I was very young living here, just kind of floating. New York was a foundation for everything I do today. Rio was the bridge.

Francisco Costa

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It was necessary, as a black historian, to have a personal agenda.

John Hope Franklin

BlackPersonalNecessaryAgenda

I think that people are looking beyond the wig. I think they are saying, This isn't just a costume; there's a person behind this. If this costume, this character, this person has this kind courage? Why don't we share that?

Alyssa Edwards

CharacterCouragePeopleSayingKind

I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to.

Trevor Dunn

FameWantMuchEverExperienced

If fashion has a political significance, it is probably culturally, as a camouflage.

Liz Goldwyn

FashionPoliticalCamouflage

A really important point for me is that I don't use any brand or corporate sponsors. So I have no responsibility to anyone but myself and the subjects.

JR

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For me, books were my source of affirmation. Alice Walker, Audrey Lord - it was these authors who wrote about their experiences. It was this weird thing where I was censored in terms of what I could watch but not in terms of what I could read.

Dee Rees

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I guess, for me, what started me getting real excited about music was the New York punk and new-wave scene. All those bands looked back to the Velvet Underground and the Stooges and the Modern Lovers as well. But that was back when Television were punk, and the Talking Heads were punk.

Dean Wareham

MusicNew YorkMeTalkingTelevision

I don't think I like characters who are afraid and ashamed of who they are.

Christina Ricci

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I never felt that I was supposed to be white. Or black, either. My parents just wanted to let me be who I needed to be.

Colin Kaepernick

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I never wanted to be Keith Richards or Jimmy Page.

Rick Nielsen

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I've spent the first part of my life in the shadow of my family. I'm not going to live in the shadow of my husband.

Martha Wainwright

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I never really thought about my music being universal. When I set out to write, it was just a feeling that felt good to me. I never thought about being able to reach everybody.

Leon Bridges

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