J G Ballard Most writers flinch at the thought of being completely honest about themselves. So absolute honesty is what marks the true modern. – J G Ballard Absolute Quotes Completely Quotes Flinch Quotes Honest Quotes Honesty Quotes Marks Quotes Modern Quotes TRUE Quotes Writers Quotes When the modern movement began, starting perhaps with the paintings of Manet and the poetry of Baudelaire and Rimbaud, what distinguished the modern movement was the enormous honesty that writers, painters and playwrights displayed about themselves. The bourgeois novel flinches from such notions. There are some people, who place enormous value on their home and feel that it defines them, that a stain on the carpet is a personal defilement. There are others, and I think I am one of them, who are entirely indifferent to where they live.
Carla Bruni My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music. – Carla Bruni
Jill Stein Silence is not what democracy needs. Right now we have an election where, even the supporters of Hillary Clinton, the majority don’t support Hillary; they just oppose Donald Trump. And the majority of Donald Trump supporters don’t support him; they just oppose Hillary. – Jill Stein
Ha-Joon Chang If we are really serious about preventing another crisis like the 2008 meltdown, we should simply ban complex financial instruments unless they can be unambiguously shown to benefit society in the long run. – Ha-Joon Chang
Ashley Cole I wanted to stay at Chelsea because we are always fighting and challenging for trophies. That desire and the will to want to win things have not gone. – Ashley Cole
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