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"Works of art produced in the contemporary world are a further expression of that. But I don't think there is an active, ongoing nihilist self-consciousness in the artist."
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Leonard Baskin

"Works of art produced in the contemporary world are a further expression of that. But I don't think there is an active, ongoing nihilist self-consciousness in the artist."

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"I think if you touch ordinary people, they're simply ordinary people, the way they've always been. They work hard, they don't have really as much as they should."
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Leonard Baskin

"I think if you touch ordinary people, they're simply ordinary people, the way they've always been. They work hard, they don't have really as much as they should."

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"It took me fifty years to deal with the Holocaust at all. And I did it in a literary way."
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Leonard Baskin

"It took me fifty years to deal with the Holocaust at all. And I did it in a literary way."

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"I think the leaders inevitably express the people they are leading."
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Leonard Baskin

"I think the leaders inevitably express the people they are leading."

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"I think there is an element of nihilism about, but I don't think most artists feel their work is meaningless."
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Leonard Baskin

"I think there is an element of nihilism about, but I don't think most artists feel their work is meaningless."

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"Pop art is the inedible raised to the unspeakable."
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Leonard Baskin

"Pop art is the inedible raised to the unspeakable."

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"I am not a black artist, I am an artist."
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Jean-Michel Basquiat

"I am not a black artist, I am an artist."

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"I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is."
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Jean-Michel Basquiat

"I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is."

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"I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life."
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Jean-Michel Basquiat

"I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life."

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"I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people."
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Jean-Michel Basquiat

"I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people."

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"I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life."
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Jean-Michel Basquiat

"I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life."

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"Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous."
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Jean-Michel Basquiat

"Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous."

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"I think it could be the biggest information problem that we face. 'If somebody is abroad and they even mention the name of an American citizen, bang, off goes the tap, and no more information is collected."
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Charles F. Bass

"I think it could be the biggest information problem that we face. 'If somebody is abroad and they even mention the name of an American citizen, bang, off goes the tap, and no more information is collected."

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"For four years, I listened to stories of intelligence failures, and it wasn't due to incompetence of anyone in the system, but that the system is so arcane."
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Charles F. Bass

"For four years, I listened to stories of intelligence failures, and it wasn't due to incompetence of anyone in the system, but that the system is so arcane."

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"The United States government first learned of the diversion of the W-88 nuclear warhead design in late 1995."
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Charles Foster Bass

"The United States government first learned of the diversion of the W-88 nuclear warhead design in late 1995."

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"Many foster children have had difficulty making the transition to independent living. Several are homeless, become single parents, commit crimes, or live in poverty. They are also frequent targets of crime."
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Charles Foster Bass

"Many foster children have had difficulty making the transition to independent living. Several are homeless, become single parents, commit crimes, or live in poverty. They are also frequent targets of crime."

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"Since 1998, the Administration has begun to upgrade counterintelligence and security at U.S. weapons labs."
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Charles Foster Bass

"Since 1998, the Administration has begun to upgrade counterintelligence and security at U.S. weapons labs."

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"State and local government, with financial support from the federal government, should offer a program to educate and train foster children for employment and provide them with financial assistance, as needed, until they reach age 21."
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Charles Foster Bass

"State and local government, with financial support from the federal government, should offer a program to educate and train foster children for employment and provide them with financial assistance, as needed, until they reach age 21."

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"The committee discloses that even after the U.S. government learned of the diversion of U.S. designs for nuclear warheads in late 1995, the Clinton Administration failed to take steps immediately to improve security."
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Charles Foster Bass

"The committee discloses that even after the U.S. government learned of the diversion of U.S. designs for nuclear warheads in late 1995, the Clinton Administration failed to take steps immediately to improve security."

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"The committee's finding that China stole sensitive technology from U.S. weapons research labs is alarming."
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Charles Foster Bass

"The committee's finding that China stole sensitive technology from U.S. weapons research labs is alarming."

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"The Cox Committee found that the Chinese military acquired many of the technologies over the past seven years, although many of them had been targeted for acquisition for more than a quarter century."
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Charles Foster Bass

"The Cox Committee found that the Chinese military acquired many of the technologies over the past seven years, although many of them had been targeted for acquisition for more than a quarter century."

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"In its report, the Cox Committee concludes that China is using stolen U.S. design information to speed up its deployment of a new nuclear missile force."
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Charles Foster Bass

"In its report, the Cox Committee concludes that China is using stolen U.S. design information to speed up its deployment of a new nuclear missile force."

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"The Cox Report documents a systematic, well-planned effort by the Chinese military at the highest levels to target and acquire technology for military modernization."
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Charles Foster Bass

"The Cox Report documents a systematic, well-planned effort by the Chinese military at the highest levels to target and acquire technology for military modernization."

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"The U.S. military has done a phenomenal job of creating these facilities almost over-night and dealing with these sworn enemies of America with more respect and dignity than they ever would have considered according our officers had they captured any."
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Charles Foster Bass

"The U.S. military has done a phenomenal job of creating these facilities almost over-night and dealing with these sworn enemies of America with more respect and dignity than they ever would have considered according our officers had they captured any."

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"These children should be enrolled in Independent Living programs designed by state and local governments to prepare them to enter the workplace, or attend college, and successfully manage their lives."
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Charles Foster Bass

"These children should be enrolled in Independent Living programs designed by state and local governments to prepare them to enter the workplace, or attend college, and successfully manage their lives."

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"U.S. nuclear technology is one of this nation's most valuable secrets, and it should have been protected."
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Charles Foster Bass

"U.S. nuclear technology is one of this nation's most valuable secrets, and it should have been protected."

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"Why did the Clinton Administration wait from 1995 to 1998 to tighten security and bolster counterintelligence at U.S. weapons labs?"
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Charles Foster Bass

"Why did the Clinton Administration wait from 1995 to 1998 to tighten security and bolster counterintelligence at U.S. weapons labs?"

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"What are the implications of a China that may be on nuclear parity with the United States?"
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Charles Foster Bass

"What are the implications of a China that may be on nuclear parity with the United States?"

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"We are a Nation of peace and compassion, yet these people have and will devote every fiber of their beings to the destruction of Americans and our Country."
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Charles Foster Bass

"We are a Nation of peace and compassion, yet these people have and will devote every fiber of their beings to the destruction of Americans and our Country."

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"The Intelligence Committee will also examine present counterintelligence programs for the Department of Energy, the National Laboratories, and the Department of Defense."
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Charles Foster Bass

"The Intelligence Committee will also examine present counterintelligence programs for the Department of Energy, the National Laboratories, and the Department of Defense."

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"Like any good spy novel, the Cox Report alleges that Chinese spies penetrated four U.S. weapons research labs and stole important information on seven nuclear warhead designs."
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Charles Foster Bass

"Like any good spy novel, the Cox Report alleges that Chinese spies penetrated four U.S. weapons research labs and stole important information on seven nuclear warhead designs."

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"The most important issue is clearly not the quality of treatment and care of these prisoners; rather it is the perplexing issue of what we now do with them."
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Charles Foster Bass

"The most important issue is clearly not the quality of treatment and care of these prisoners; rather it is the perplexing issue of what we now do with them."

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"The U.S. government knew that China wanted to acquire sensitive U.S. technology, and instead of implementing a policy to prevent them from acquiring the information, the government all but gave them an invitation to take our equipment and designs."
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Charles Foster Bass

"The U.S. government knew that China wanted to acquire sensitive U.S. technology, and instead of implementing a policy to prevent them from acquiring the information, the government all but gave them an invitation to take our equipment and designs."

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"Despite the best of efforts, many foster children are neither reunited with their families, nor adopted."
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Charles Foster Bass

"Despite the best of efforts, many foster children are neither reunited with their families, nor adopted."

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"As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I will be participating in several hearings on the startling revelations contained in the report."
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Charles Foster Bass

"As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I will be participating in several hearings on the startling revelations contained in the report."

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"According to the committee's findings, a network of mobile missiles carrying the newest warheads could be tested by China this year and deployed as early as 2002."
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Charles Foster Bass

"According to the committee's findings, a network of mobile missiles carrying the newest warheads could be tested by China this year and deployed as early as 2002."

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"China has legally purchased high performance computers, advanced machine tools, and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment from several American companies."
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Charles Foster Bass

"China has legally purchased high performance computers, advanced machine tools, and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment from several American companies."

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"But the technology was accessible, which suggests incompetence on the part of our counterintelligence community and the Clinton Administration, and may in fact rise to the level of treason."
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Charles Foster Bass

"But the technology was accessible, which suggests incompetence on the part of our counterintelligence community and the Clinton Administration, and may in fact rise to the level of treason."

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"Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else."
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Frederic Bastiat

"Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else."

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"Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone."
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Frederic Bastiat

"Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone."

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"Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property."
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Frederic Bastiat

"Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property."

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"Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place."
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Frederic Bastiat

"Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place."

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"The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else."
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Frederic Bastiat

"The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else."

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"They will come to learn in the end, at their own expense, that it is better to endure competition for rich customers than to be invested with monopoly over impoverished customers."
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Frederic Bastiat

"They will come to learn in the end, at their own expense, that it is better to endure competition for rich customers than to be invested with monopoly over impoverished customers."

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"When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will."
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Frederic Bastiat

"When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will."

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"What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words and forgets what's behind them."
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Augusto Roa Bastos

"What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words and forgets what's behind them."

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"Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of another."
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Augusto Roa Bastos

"Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of another."

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"In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference."
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Augusto Roa Bastos

"In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference."

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"The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing."
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Augusto Roa Bastos

"The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing."

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"Sacrifice is nothing other than the production of sacred things."
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Georges Bataille

"Sacrifice is nothing other than the production of sacred things."

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