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The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. It was up to our parents to see that we had our education in a town that hadn't yet realized what racial prejudice was but actually knew and practiced it on occasion. ↗

— Katherine Dunham

#always #education #family #grow #had

In my book, I was trying to get into my own soul. ↗

— Claire Bloom

#get #i #into #my own #own

You know, I always think of myself as sort of ready for every criticism. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#criticism #every #i #i always #know

I don't believe in myths of decline or myths of progress, even as regards the literary scene. ↗

— Harold Bloom

#decline #even #i #literary #myths

The language has got to be fully alive - I can't bear dull, flaccid writing myself and I don't see why any reader should put up with it. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

#any #bear #dull #fully #fully alive

If they wish to alleviate the sufferings of the exploited classes, let them live up to their pretensions, let them abandon the academy and go out there and work politically and economically and in a humanitarian spirit. ↗

— Harold Bloom

#academy #alleviate #classes #economically #exploited

I wanted to feel like an artist for once in my life. I wanted to use other producers for respect, to let them know that I listen to other people's music and that I'm just not out here on my own page. ↗

— Jermaine Dupri

#feel #here #i #just #know

Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions. ↗

— Orlando Bloom

#failure #fiasco #mythic #proportions #simply

Once you get in a position where your rent is taken care of and you do have a job, you really get to deal with yourself and really become one with yourself. And you wake to your mind every day. That's your best friend and your worst enemy - your own brain. ↗

— Fred Durst

#best #best friend #brain #care #day

You know, in my music career there was a moment where the irony was just so heavy. There were people in my audience that were the reason I developed neuroses. These people that tortured my life were using my art, my poetry, as fuel for them, to torture other people. ↗

— Fred Durst

#audience #career #developed #fuel #heavy