Quote by Thom Yorke
I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an

I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is theyre trying to write about. They have music. – Thom Yorke

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Well, Ive been reading a lot about the fifty years since the Second World War, about Western foreign policy and all that. I try not to let it get to me, but sometimes I just think that theres no hope. – Thom Yorke

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Hope
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Music is more difficult – try naming a political band. The Dead Kennedys. The Dead Kennedys are political, but they are more funny than they are political. – Thom Yorke

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funny
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My dad spent his whole life getting into fights for telling what he believed to be the truth. Basically it comes from my dad-and hes screaming right-wing, so there you are. – Thom Yorke

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I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences. – Jim Morrison

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Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other peoples weaknesses. – William Hazlitt

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Its a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it. – W. H. Auden

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If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that… I believe in what I do, and Ill say it. – John Lennon

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One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be said for the czars health, or the chief of police would close the synagogue. – Mary Antin

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The secret of teaching is to appear to have known all your life what you just learned this morning. – Author Unknown

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The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When theres no ball, theres no game. Bullies hate that. So theyll either behave so they can play with you or theyll go bully someone else. – Seth Godin

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Courage is knowing what not to fear. – Plato

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