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Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking. ↗

— Clement Attlee

#discussion #effective #government #means #only

One layer was certainly 17th century. The 18th century in him is obvious. There was the 19th century, and a large slice, of course, of the 20th century; and another, curious layer which may possibly have been the 21st. ↗

— Clement Attlee

#19th century #20th century #another #been #century

I'd seen the current stage production and the 1975 production of Chicago. I liked them both very much, but I didn't use them necessarily as inspiration. ↗

— Colleen Atwood

#chicago #current #i #inspiration #liked

The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?' ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#beginning #boring #canadian #cultural #i

As an artist your first loyalty is to your art. Unless this is the case, you're going to be a second-rate artist. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#artist #case #first #going #loyalty

If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#gun #his #horse #i #lessons

Sometimes you feel more naked when you're totally dressed than the other way around. ↗

— Emmanuelle Beart

#dressed #feel #more #naked #other

Impressionism; it is the birth of Light in painting. ↗

— Robert Delaunay

#impressionism #light #painting

To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing. ↗

— John James Audubon

#good #me

To write history is so difficult that most historians are forced to make concessions to the technique of legende. ↗

— Erich Auerbach

#difficult #forced #historians #history #make