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The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves the government and you know it's really the talk for those who have.

Quote by Kathy Acker about literary critic, culture, contentment

There are people who tell you to shut up because you're just a celebrity, but pundits, talking heads, they're every bit the celebrity and a lot of them aren't any more qualified than the average man on the street.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about celebrity, heads, talking, contentment, man, people

There are some actor secrets you keep sometimes, and you want to keep.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about actors, contentment

There are very few things that are purely conceptual without any hard content.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about things

We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways and major ways - like what you've just encountered which isn't censorship exactly, it was something sort of uglier in a way.

Quote by Kathy Acker about contentment

Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody and then you just riff off of it. And the riffs are about timing.

Quote by Kathy Acker about writing, contentment, time

Yeah, I mean, I put work out there for people to use and I'm grateful when you use it.

Quote by Kathy Acker about use, work, people, contentment

You can do whatever you want with my work.

Quote by Kathy Acker about work, contentment

You know I think many writers are dangerous to the establishment. I mean, they go against all the rules that you're told writing.

Quote by Kathy Acker about writers, rules, writing, contentment

You know I've had work banned.

Quote by Kathy Acker about work, contentment

You know, I've been told that by some of the writers in the generation above me: You'll be able to write when you've found a voice.

Quote by Kathy Acker about writers, voice, contentment

And I figured out that the reason I couldn't get through the day as well as I can now is because I had too many things on my mind, on my plate, you know, for one person to have. So I started to eliminate some of the things that were too heavy to...

Quote by Erykah Badu about things, reason, people, mind, day, contentment

As Erykah Badu, it has nothing to do with me, the way I look, my hair wrap, my style, it's about you and what you feel for my music. If I can make you feel like the way that people who influenced me made me feel, that's completion.

Quote by Erykah Badu about style, music, contentment, nothing, people

However, our society thinks that success means having a car and a lot of money and looking as white as you can or as American as you can. Or if you're white, looking as exotic as you can. We don't have any idea that it's about our hearts and our...

Quote by Erykah Badu about contentment, society, americans, success, idea, money, people

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.

Quote by Lord Acton about day, contentment, end, nothing

I actually started writing it because I was inspired by my own personal growth. You know, I was happy I was able to assess things a little bit better.

Quote by Erykah Badu about writing, happiness, things, contentment

I have the ability to sing with emotion and feeling, but if you say I sound like Billie Holiday, that's cool. Let's look at who Billie was: she was this person, this singer, this beautiful diva who could move the audience with the slightest...

Quote by Erykah Badu about holidays, emotions, ability, people, contentment

Most of the time, you don't even know your mamma have a gun, you know? And when she pulls it out, and shows it to you, it's something serious. And the way life is to me right now, we're at a very detrimental time.

Quote by Erykah Badu about time, contentment, rightness, life

Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and the most high. You know, my higher self. The Creator.

Quote by Erykah Badu about symbol, religion, self-control, god, word, contentment

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.

Quote by Ansel Adams about truth, concentration, silence, word