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" Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there - I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television. "

Andy Warhol

Life

Thought

Television

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You

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" Now and then, someone would accuse me of being evil - of letting people destroy themselves while I watched, just so I could film them and tape-record them. But I didn't think of myself as evil - just realistic. "

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" During the 1960s, I think, people forgot what emotions were supposed to be. And I don't think they've ever remembered. "

" People need to be made more aware of the need to work at learning how to live because life is so quick and sometimes it goes away too quickly. "

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" I just happen to like ordinary things. When I paint them, I don't try to make them extraordinary. I just try to paint them ordinary-ordinary. "

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