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Appropriation is the idea that ate the art world. Go to any Chelsea gallery or

international biennial and you'll find it. It's there in paintings of photographs, photographs of advertising, sculpture with ready-made objects, videos using already-existing film.
Jerry Saltz

My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening down there. Who is the real hero?
Mitch Hedberg

I am a big Beatles fan. And, you know, unbeknownst to anyone, I used to be one. But I have no problems of putting titles and lines from other songs in my songs, because they're great lines and great titles.
Ringo Starr

Public service used to be the highest of callings, until people like Madame Voldemort vilified it.
Jennifer Granholm

The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to predict what will happen.
Sergei Bubka

The U.S. has already suffered a devastating attack on September 11, 2001, and may again become a target.
Linda Chavez

I want to show that the dividing lines between sanity and mental illness have been drawn in the wrong place.
Anthony Storr

Well, Israel, obviously, thinks of the Iranian nuclear program as an existential threat to Israel.
Robert M. Gates

Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good.
Woody Allen

The Onion Field made a real writer. And then I knew it was over, I couldn't be a cop anymore.
Joseph Wambaugh

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