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“Just because you've reached a certain level of success, that doesn't mean you've become corrupted by the system.” quote by Shepard Fairey — Download Open image

“Just because you've reached a certain level of success, that doesn't mean you've become corrupted by the system.”

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When it comes to the street-art world, there are a lot of people who realize if they go out and put up a few pieces of street art and photograph them really well, even if their locations weren't actually that high-profile or dangerous, with the level of exposure they get from the Internet, with a large audience, they can maintain…

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Obama has had a really tough time, but there have been a lot of things that he's compromised on that I never would have expected. I mean, drones and domestic spying are the last things I would have thought he'd support. I've met Obama a few times, and I think Obama's a quality human being, but I think that he…

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Every spoof gives more power to the original.

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