2015

Explore 25 quotes from the year 2015

You don't need a certificate. Just do it or not do it.

Lawrence Weiner

Quoted in Interview Magazine

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Topic

Credentialism Education Going for it Taking action

Speaker

Lawrence Weiner

Source

Interview Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Weiner, Lawrence. "Artists at Work: Lawrence Weiner." Interviewed by Emily McDermott. Interview Magazine, 2 Sept. 2015, www.interviewmagazine.com/art/artists-at-work-lawrence-weiner.

There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.

Toni Morrison

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Topic

Culture Reconciliation Civilization

Author

Toni Morrison

Source

No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear The Nation

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Morrison, Toni. "No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear." The Nation: 150th Anniversary Special, 23 Mar. 2015.

Generosity truly is the best investment.

Diane von Furstenberg

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Topic

Generosity

Speaker

Diane von Furstenberg

Source

Good Moring America

Medium

Interview TV program

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Von Furstenberg, Diane. "Diane von Furstenberg Talks 6th Annual DVF Awards." Good Morning America, 9 Mar. 2015.

It's worth remembering this: freedom of expression sustains all the other freedoms we enjoy.

Ian McEwan

Read this speech at dickinson.edu

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Topic

Freedom of speech and expression Political theory Politics Freedom

Speaker

Ian McEwan

Source

2015 Dickson College commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

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Citation

McEwan, Ian. Commencement address. Commencement ceremony. 17 May 2015, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, USA.

Things get passed around so easily on the internet. And fact becomes fiction and fiction becomes fact, without anyone stepping in to arbitrate and say, what are your sources?

Hilary Mantel

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Topic

Fake news The internet Truth vs. fiction Truth

Speaker

Hilary Mantel

Source

Art of Fiction interview Paris Review

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Mantel, Hilary. Quoted in "The Art of Fiction No. 226." Interviewed by Mona Simpson. Paris Review, no. 212, Spring 2015, www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6360/art-of-fiction-no-226-hilary-mantel.