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"The one thing ... that is truly ugly is the climate of hate and intimidation, created by a noisy few, which makes the decent majority reluctant to air in public their views on anything controversial. ... Where all pretend to be thinking alike, it's likely that no one is thinking at all."
"I hate good taste. It's the worst thing that can happen to a creative person."
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art."
"I sincerely want peace, not because I lack resources for war, but because I hate bloodshed."
"When I'm old and gray, I want to have a house by the sea. And paint. With a lot of wonderful chums, good music, and booze around. And a damn good kitchen to cook in."
"Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated."
"Wave to the haters like nanananana."
"Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. The cure for this is first to show that religion is not contrary to reason, but worthy of reverence and respect. Next make it attractive, make good men wish it were true and then show that it is."
"The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding."
"a girl takes too much time to love and a few seconds to hate. but a boy takes a few seconds to love and too much time to hate."
"Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other; they don't know each other because they can not communicate; they can not communicate because they are separated."
"I can't afford to hate anyone. I don't have that kind of time."
"I hate reality but it's still the best place to get a good steak."
"I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it."
"America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves... It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters."
"Some people like what you do, some people hate what you do, but most people simply don't give a damn."
"There are too many people who imagine that there is something sophisticated about always believing the best of those who hate your country, and the worst of those who defend it."
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."
"Things like racism are institutionalized. You might not know any bigots. You feel like "well I don't hate black people so I'm not a racist," but you benefit from racism. Just by the merit, the color of your skin. The opportunities that you have, you're privileged in ways that you might not even realize because you haven't been deprived of certain things. We need to talk about these things in order for them to change."
"I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it."
