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Revolutions have always started in cafés.

Martin Firrell

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Martin Firrell
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: April 4
Artist
Paris
France
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If we're being told to do stupid or cruel things, then it is morally correct to disobey.
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Writing adds up to the conscience of our times.
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I want to live in a city where people who make the rules have to live by them.
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Women are much more honourable than men.
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It is perfectly reasonable to despair of a world where the Nobel Committee gives the Peace Prize to a man running a war.
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War is always a failure. It means we've failed in diplomacy and we've failed in talking to one another.
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The other side of reverence is loathing.
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Why settle for the art world when you can have the whole world?
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I want to live in a city where immigration is seen as a new source of strength.
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Calamitous collapse is better than mediocre defeat!
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