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Writing is not some quiet, closet act.


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My sunglasses are like my guitar.

My sunglasses are like my guitar.



We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.

We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.



To be an artist — actually, to be a human being in these times — it’s all difficult. … What matters is to know what you want and pursue it.

To be an artist — actually, to be a human being in these times — it’s all difficult. … What matters is to know what you want and pursue it.



Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.

Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.



Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.

Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.



Life isn't some vertical or horizontal line -- you have your own interior world, and it's not neat.

Life isn't some vertical or horizontal line -- you have your own interior world, and it's not neat.



I imagined myself as Frida to Diego, both muse and maker. I dreamed of meeting an artist to love and support and work with side by side.

I imagined myself as Frida to Diego, both muse and maker. I dreamed of meeting an artist to love and support and work with side by side.



Swift is the arrow, dark is the thorn, the slate is clean, the future awaits, awake.

Swift is the arrow, dark is the thorn, the slate is clean, the future awaits, awake.



Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.

Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.



To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.

To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.





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Man becomes weak or ill by accident as a consequence of the lack of resources. Even the most severally ill patients must be treated with the aim of restoring their health.

Man becomes weak or ill by accident as a consequence of the lack of resources. Even the most severally ill patients must be treated with the aim of restoring their health.



I get physical, mystical, very artistical... Giving party people something funky to listen to.

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Society is immoral and immortal; it can afford to commit any kind of folly, and indulge in any sort of vice; it cannot be killed, and the fragments that survive can always laugh at the dead.

Society is immoral and immortal; it can afford to commit any kind of folly, and indulge in any sort of vice; it cannot be killed, and the fragments that survive can always laugh at the dead.



Unless the U.N. is completely reorganized without the Communist nations in it, we should get out of it.

Unless the U.N. is completely reorganized without the Communist nations in it, we should get out of it.



So well do I love you, I go to my god singing your praises. When I meet my father, I will tell him I fought beside you.

So well do I love you, I go to my god singing your praises. When I meet my father, I will tell him I fought beside you.



Remember, the answers are in the questions.

Remember, the answers are in the questions.



Don't be afraid to step out, have dreams, have visions, have hopes and always, always, always believe in miracles.

Don't be afraid to step out, have dreams, have visions, have hopes and always, always, always believe in miracles.



He that serves God for Money, will serve the Devil for better Wages.

He that serves God for Money, will serve the Devil for better Wages.



What it missing, I think, is this notion of the common good.

What it missing, I think, is this notion of the common good.




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