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> [It took me twenty years to get Steven Parrino's work. From the time I first saw his art, in the mid-eighties, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-saltz/it-took-me-twenty-years-to-get-steven-parrino-s-work-from-the-time-i/)

[Jerry Saltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-saltz/)

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> [The early music I heard was Top of the Pops. But in bedrooms, around the house with my brother playing the Sex…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-dyche/the-early-music-i-heard-was-top-of-the-pops-but-in-bedrooms-around/)

[Sean Dyche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-dyche/)

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> [I do think that Live Aid (1985) (TV) was a great thing, it focused people, I think it showed young kids the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-michael/i-do-think-that-live-aid-1985-tv-was-a-great-thing-it-focused-people/)

[George Michael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-michael/)

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> [I was just utterly oblivious to how difficult it was, and how difficult it was going to be, and then also in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janeane-garofalo/i-was-just-utterly-oblivious-to-how-difficult-it-was-and-how/)

[Janeane Garofalo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janeane-garofalo/)

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> [“for you in silence, somewhere in Italy in the mid-eighties.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-aciman/for-you-in-silence-somewhere-in-italy-in-the-mid-eighties/)

[André Aciman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-aciman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a49/andre-aciman-459_eighties_for-you-in-silence-somewhere-in-italy-in_3020670.png)

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