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For me, Iran was paradise, and I believe it's a paradise still, but only if you don't have political problems. If you have a political problem, paradise turns into hell. ”
Dante himself is open to the suspicion of partiality: it is said, not without apparent ground, that he puts into hell all the enemies of the political cause, which, in his eyes, was that of Italy and God. ”
The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with. ”
The dull routine of our daily job takes on a new significance, assumes a beauty and importance undreamt of before, if we consider it from the angle of service to God. ”
The language of the moment or, as it were, the language of the order in which we live, is the image. I felt that if I wanted to commune with the public, I should best do so through the language of image. It's a conscious embrace of a contradiction. ”
Definitely one of the biggest influences on my music is the music that Ben Gibbard's associated with, so Death Cab and The Postal Service. ”
Voting is super important, and your vote counts. ”
Clearly no one knows what leadership has gone undiscovered in women of all races, and in black and other minority men. ”
There's a big gap between public opinion polls and the vote in Washington, in Congress. ”
There's nothing automatic about political change, about liberation. ”