"People are quick to make monuments of anything……" — Hilton Als
"People are quick to make monuments of anything they live long enough to control."
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17 Quotes by Hilton Als
Hilton Als has 17 quotes on this site.
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The artist’s memory is a dangerous, necessary thing. Never disavow what you see and remember-it’s your brilliant stock-in-trade: remembering, and…
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For black people, being around white people is sometimes like taking care of babies you don't like, babies who throw…
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Inspiration takes many forms, but it's rarely pure.
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Nothing is more flattering for a writer than when someone knows your work.
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I'm a draftsperson. And also, I really respond to love.
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People have a copyright on their own life.
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I don't make a lot of money, but I get to have freedom.
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There were so few black men who were successful and who successfully conveyed black male fear - how America can…
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I was so well loved by my mother that if people have any expectations of me I really don't notice…
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I think it's cultural racism more than anything, which dovetails with actual racism, but the cultural racism to me is…
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One of the things I noticed when I worked at Vibe was that backstage at a fashion show, they always…
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Images are really powerful. People fall in love with images, and as a way of falling in love with someone…
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More Control Quotes
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The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the…
— Aristotle
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Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning…
— Isaac Asimov
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The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way…
— Bashar al-Assad
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Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.
— Margaret Atwood
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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
— Marcus Aurelius
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The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own…
— Paul Auster
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path…
— Irving Babbitt
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
— Lord Acton
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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality…
— Lord Acton
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Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it.…
— Michael Badnarik
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It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and…
— Red Adair
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If you want to control other people, first control yourself.
— Abu Bakr
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