[first lines] Town Crier announcing capture of Richard: News has come from Vienna: "Leopold of Austria has seized King Richard on his return from the Crusades. Our king is being held prisoner. Nothing further is known. His Highness Prince John will m...
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Comeback records always worry me, especially when they're made by one of my heroes, and I'd heard stories about Gil Scott-Heron recently, about drug arrests and prison terms and other troubles. I wasn't prepared for the ravaged shakiness of his voice...
Marwood: Give me a Valium, I'm getting the FEAR! Danny: [very calmly] You have done something to your brain. You have made it high. If I lay 10 mls of diazepam on you, it will do something else to your brain. You will make it low. Why trust one drug ...
Folk art has never been much about politics; it's about action and utility.
At the same time, of course, Marxism arose - Rosa Luxembourg, Leninism, anarchism - and art became political.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.
Always speak politely to an enraged dragon.
The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness.
Deception and privileged secrets are common facets of politics.
Politics is shit; it corrupts everything it touches...
It's all rather political, mourning is.
Politics is the art of doing nothing and ruining everything.
Politics is for the moment and equation is for eternity.
Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism.
A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.
In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.
I'm a longtime believer in the old adage that sunlight is the best disinfectant, particularly in politics.
The concert is a polite form of self induced torture.
I don't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs.
