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Quote by Lynne Stewart

“You've got to learn to handle the press because god knows the government does all the time.”

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Lynne Stewart was an American civil rights and human rights attorney. She was known for her work in high-profile cases and her advocacy for political prisoners. Born on October 8, 1939, Stewart passed away on March 7, 2017. more

“Style is about the choices you make to create the aspects of civilization that you wish to uphold. I will buy a chair for my house. What style of chair are you gonna buy? Everything we look at and choose is some way of expressing how we want to be perceived. I mean, why bother choosing a chair because it looks a certain way? Because there's gonna be something about that chair that says something about you.”

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Author:David Bowie

“There's something about the style of living in the country that they feel, "This is what represents me." So style is about the philosophy of how we create our civilization.”

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Author:David Bowie

“They [people] mistake fashion for style.”

People Mistake Fashion Style

Author:David Bowie

“I never heard so many kids talk about just doing anything to be famous. I mean, yeah, fame is part of the deal when you're a kid and you think, I wanna go into music, but everybody that I knew was really doing it because of their love for it. I don't see so much of that anymore.”

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Author:David Bowie

“And it's always the same kind of artist, I think, who has more enjoyment being slightly on the outside of things, who doesn't want to be sucked into the tyranny of the mainstream. Because once you get sucked into that, you're dead as an artist.”

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Author:David Bowie

“I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time. The people who are in charge of what people see or hear are afraid. What you hear on top 40 or what you see on BET or MTV is not a fair representation of what is really going on...”

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Author:Mos Def

“People don't like the music that's out now, that's on their radio stations, and they want to hear something different, but they're just the audience. You know, people will keep the TV on even if a show is on that they hate - because, unfortunately, they've been programmed to do that. [But] they are really looking for something that's gonna speak to the world that they're living in. That's what people are looking for, but they're not finding it.”

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Author:Mos Def

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