"There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business."
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"The language must be careful and must appear effortless. It must not sweat. It must suggest and be provocative at the same time."
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"Among provocative, the next best thing to good preaching is bad preaching."
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"So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates - and then making it cool."
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"I think there probably was a time when I was less provocative. That's when I was married."
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