Reappropriation Quotes

#1. To make a real difference . . . [there would have to be] a reappropriation of the idea of vocation or calling, a return in a new way to the idea of work as a contribution to the good of all and not merely as a means to one's own advancement.3

Timothy Keller

#2. We meet thus in kitsch with a reappropriation of the results of past struggles.

Karsten Harries

#3. I believe that reappropriation can be a powerful tool for creating social change. Sometimes, things like irony, satire, or humor are more effective in getting at difficult truths or concepts like white privilege, orientalism, and the exoticization of culture.

Simon S. Tam

#4. Tumblr culture and the whole reappropriation-without-context thing are a double-edged sword in that they both raise awareness of my work and also kind of devalue it at the same time.

Bryan Lee O'Malley

#5. Racism doesn't have to fit our stereotypes for what it is in order for it to hurt - but it also means that tools for dismantling the system don't have it fit our stereotype either.

Simon S. Tam

#6. The Mind cannot be confused, but it is confusion.

Dennis Merzel

#7. I pray that you win, that you never ever pay for any of my sins

Banky W.

#8. American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.

James Baldwin

#9. Old among the young, poor among the rich, I adopt an air of indefinable superiority.

Mason Cooley

#10. The worst kind of loneliness is when you're unable to be where you want to be, where you wouldn't have to be alone.

Jeff Backhaus

#11. I think that when you decide to dedicate yourself to creative endeavors and surround yourself with people who are creative, you very quickly learn how hard it is to survive doing those kinds of things, not to mention make a living at them.

Oscar Isaac

#12. The act of claiming an identity can be transformational. It can provide healing and empowerment. It can weld solidarity within a community. And, perhaps most importantly, it can diminish power from an oppressor, a dominant group.

Simon Tam

#13. Going to McDonalds for heath food is like going to a crackhouse for vitamins.

Alex Lawrence

#14. Unworthy as I am, he allowed me to go to heaven, and I know the next time I go there, I'll stay.

Don Piper

#15. Climate deniers are less immoral than Holocaust deniers, although they are undoubtedly more dangerous.

Clive Hamilton

#16. There are many challenges I face while working on a book. Working within deadlines and schedules is certainly one of the bigger ones for me. I want to create the best possible book I can for my readers with words and pictures - and that takes time to get it just right.

Tony DiTerlizzi

#17. There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme.

John Lennon

#18. If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.

Coco Chanel