#out

I think every artist should follow their vision, their hearts is what they need to reveal, not something that society is looking out for. ↗

— Serj Tankian

#every #follow #hearts #i #i think

If you allow for a purely capitalistic society, without any type of regulation at all, you will get one monopoly that will eat all of the smaller fish and own everything, and then you'll have zero capitalism, zero competition - it would just be one giant company. ↗

— Serj Tankian

#any #capitalism #capitalistic #company #competition

People get so attached to a position which they identify themselves with that they just spurt it out, but they can't really give you a viable reason why they feel that way. ↗

— Serj Tankian

#feel #get #give #identify #just

The most important thing about music that I've learned after all this time is that to me, it's a way of reaching the truth. ↗

— Serj Tankian

#after #i #important #important thing #learned

Sometimes I really have a spiritual need to say something more general about the world, and sometimes something personal. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#general #i #more #need #personal

Unfortunately, poetry is not born in noise, in crowds, or on a bus. There have to be four walls and the certainty that the telephone will not ring. That's what writing is all about. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#born #bus #certainty #crowds #four

You know, I'm worried about Szymborska. I wish she would stop smoking. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#i #i wish #know #she #smoking

South Koreans who have seen and praised the mass games should remember the hardship of tearful children. Teachers drive them hard with curses and orders to repeat and repeat. When the children return home in the evening, they can hardly walk. ↗

— Kim Il-sung

#curses #drive #evening #games #hard

This is not an election where we hand out gifts. It is an election where we ask everyone to contribute more. ↗

— Helle Thorning-Schmidt

#contribute #election #everyone #gifts #hand

To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#easy #outspoken #speak #truth #wait