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The Lord, marks the fall of the smallest sparrow. He knows how so many in authority treat the infirm and the aged. Look at the Napoleons, caesars and the like. Rather than casting themselves in God's image they made Gods of themselves. and were destroyed Picture Quote #1

And the entity laughed at those who were crippled in the arena and lo! That selfsame thing returns to you! Picture Quote #1

I was signed by L. A. Reid on Arista Records when I was 16. He understood me and believed in me. Arista folded and I got put on RCA or whatever, then there were new people there, and every six months it changes and more new people come in Picture Quote #1

It's been really fun to see with each album when I change to see the fans of the show emulate my style and with the first record a lot of the kids in the crowd were wearing neck ties like I was and now you'll see a lot of girls with pink hair. It's cool, it's actually really neat Picture Quote #1

When people come to a concert, they wanna hear the hits, the big radio songs, and they wanna hear them how they're used to hearing them. I like playing them how they were recorded Picture Quote #1

We are a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity to the mother church; our constitution treason to our fatherland Picture Quote #1

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Know what the old masters did. Know how they composed their pictures, but do not fall into the conventions they established. These conventions were right for them, and they are wonderful. They made their language. You make yours. All the past can help you Picture Quote #1

The magic was in the Marshall Plan itself. It provided an opportunity for appealing and constructive work. In a sense, the mission chiefs were given the opportunity to help act as architects for the new Europe that was envisioned Picture Quote #1

After it's hothouse incubation in the seventies, appropriation breathed important new life into art. This life flowered spectacularly over the decades - even if it's now close to aesthetic kudzu Picture Quote #1

John Currin's exaggerated realism and his twisted women kept me off balance, never knowing if they were sincere or ironic or some new emotion Picture Quote #1

The forties, seventies, and the nineties, when money was scarce, were great periods, when the art world retracted but it was also reborn Picture Quote #1

Wolfgang Tillman's stunning large scale pictures, being shown for the first time, were so offhand I failed to see them as art Picture Quote #1

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Jon could not find it in him to pray to any gods, old or new. If they were real, he thought, they were as cruel and implacable as winter Picture Quote #1

I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about Elvis Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time Picture Quote #1

Obviously the people that I admired, like the Beatles, were really into rock'n'roll, but it was already a little past rock'n'roll when I started listening and making my own choices about music. I've been lucky to listen to lots of different types of music Picture Quote #1

Obviously I got known for some other songs early on, and some of those were rock'n'roll songs. Some of them were melodic pop songs. and I've done lots of different things, as you know, but every so often I get drawn back Picture Quote #1

We stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about Elvis Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time. So we didn't visit Memphis until about 1984 Picture Quote #1

If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be Picture Quote #1

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I'm thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I almost certainly wouldn't still be here if it weren't for them Picture Quote #1

We live closer to the green in our bogs and crannogs, and we remember Earth and water, soil and stone, oaks and elms and willows, they were here before us all and will still remain when we are gone Picture Quote #1

There are some examples of medieval kings who were terrible human beings but were nevertheless good kings Picture Quote #1

The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion Picture Quote #1

Many men on the point of an edifying death would be furious if they were suddenly restored to health Picture Quote #1

At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide. You gave yourself to it, breached your own defenses. You were a child. The idea of suicide was a protest against life; by dying, you would escape this longing for death Picture Quote #1

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You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you didn't crash, you didn't throw up, you weren't late, you weren't nauseated by the food. So you are grateful Picture Quote #1

Rhodora! If the sages ask thee why this charm is wasted on the earth and sky, tell them, dear, that, if eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is it's own excuse for being Picture Quote #1

The young men were born with knives in their brain, a tendency to introversion, self-dissection, anatomizing of motives Picture Quote #1

Most of the classical citations you shall hear or read in the current journals or speeches were not drawn from the originals, but from previous quotations in English books Picture Quote #1

Relations between black and white would be greatly improved if we were more accepting of our fears and our feelings and more vocal about it Picture Quote #1

I don't doubt a number of those ballots, of those votes that were cast for me, probably were intended for Vice President Gore Picture Quote #1

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The Lord, marks the fall of the smallest sparrow. He knows how so many in authority treat the infirm and the aged. Look at the Napoleons, caesars and the like. Rather than casting themselves in God's image they made Gods of themselves. and were destroyed (Were Quotes) And the entity laughed at those who were crippled in the arena and lo! That selfsame thing returns to you! (Were Quotes) I was signed by L. A. Reid on Arista Records when I was 16. He understood me and believed in me. Arista folded and I got put on RCA or whatever, then there were new people there, and every six months it changes and more new people come in (Were Quotes) It's been really fun to see with each album when I change to see the fans of the show emulate my style and with the first record a lot of the kids in the crowd were wearing neck ties like I was and now you'll see a lot of girls with pink hair. It's cool, it's actually really neat (Were Quotes) When people come to a concert, they wanna hear the hits, the big radio songs, and they wanna hear them how they're used to hearing them. I like playing them how they were recorded (Were Quotes) We are a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity to the mother church; our constitution treason to our fatherland (Were Quotes) Know what the old masters did. Know how they composed their pictures, but do not fall into the conventions they established. These conventions were right for them, and they are wonderful. They made their language. You make yours. All the past can help you (Were Quotes) The magic was in the Marshall Plan itself. It provided an opportunity for appealing and constructive work. In a sense, the mission chiefs were given the opportunity to help act as architects for the new Europe that was envisioned (Were Quotes) After it's hothouse incubation in the seventies, appropriation breathed important new life into art. This life flowered spectacularly over the decades - even if it's now close to aesthetic kudzu (Were Quotes) John Currin's exaggerated realism and his twisted women kept me off balance, never knowing if they were sincere or ironic or some new emotion (Were Quotes) The forties, seventies, and the nineties, when money was scarce, were great periods, when the art world retracted but it was also reborn (Were Quotes) Wolfgang Tillman's stunning large scale pictures, being shown for the first time, were so offhand I failed to see them as art (Were Quotes) Jon could not find it in him to pray to any gods, old or new. If they were real, he thought, they were as cruel and implacable as winter (Were Quotes) I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about Elvis Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time (Were Quotes) Obviously the people that I admired, like the Beatles, were really into rock'n'roll, but it was already a little past rock'n'roll when I started listening and making my own choices about music. I've been lucky to listen to lots of different types of music (Were Quotes) Obviously I got known for some other songs early on, and some of those were rock'n'roll songs. Some of them were melodic pop songs. and I've done lots of different things, as you know, but every so often I get drawn back (Were Quotes) We stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about Elvis Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time. So we didn't visit Memphis until about 1984 (Were Quotes) If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be (Were Quotes) I'm thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I almost certainly wouldn't still be here if it weren't for them (Were Quotes) We live closer to the green in our bogs and crannogs, and we remember Earth and water, soil and stone, oaks and elms and willows, they were here before us all and will still remain when we are gone (Were Quotes) There are some examples of medieval kings who were terrible human beings but were nevertheless good kings (Were Quotes) The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion (Were Quotes) Many men on the point of an edifying death would be furious if they were suddenly restored to health (Were Quotes) At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide. You gave yourself to it, breached your own defenses. You were a child. The idea of suicide was a protest against life; by dying, you would escape this longing for death (Were Quotes) You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you didn't crash, you didn't throw up, you weren't late, you weren't nauseated by the food. So you are grateful (Were Quotes) Rhodora! If the sages ask thee why this charm is wasted on the earth and sky, tell them, dear, that, if eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is it's own excuse for being (Were Quotes) The young men were born with knives in their brain, a tendency to introversion, self-dissection, anatomizing of motives (Were Quotes) Most of the classical citations you shall hear or read in the current journals or speeches were not drawn from the originals, but from previous quotations in English books (Were Quotes) Relations between black and white would be greatly improved if we were more accepting of our fears and our feelings and more vocal about it (Were Quotes) I don't doubt a number of those ballots, of those votes that were cast for me, probably were intended for Vice President Gore (Were Quotes)

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