Nate Ruess Quotes
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The most important role of a leader is to set a clear direction, be transparent about how to get there and to stay the course.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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My parents separated when I was very small. I grew up with my mother, and I was a single child then. She was very independent, doing her things and having fun alone and working.
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When I was growing up, skateboarding was big and basketball was big.
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Censorship is advertising paid by the government.
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When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.
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We do not have the idea that all children are valuable parts of society. We only have the idea that our own children are.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.
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I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'
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As is well known, 'McCarthyism' was an alleged focus of political evil in the 1950s: Accusations of Communist taint, without factual basis; bogus lists of supposed Communists who never existed; failure in the end to produce even one provable Communist or Soviet agent, despite his myriad charges of subversion.
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Man, y'know, I'm a music guy. I like a lot of different things. It depends on the time of the day and the situation.
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The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.
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I saw hell. The hospital had divided and conquered pretty successfully.
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I'm a big fan of monsters. Number one, they're fun, and two, they're such great ways to access the subconscious fears and beliefs of any group of people.
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My company invents all kinds of new technology in lots of different areas. And we do that for a couple of reasons. We invent for fun - invention is a lot of fun to do - and we also invent for profit. The two are related because the profit actually takes long enough that if it isn't fun, you wouldn't have the time to do it.
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I was discovered out of nowhere. I didn't have family that was in the industry. I didn't know anyone in L.A.; I didn't have any reason to have been discovered. Nowadays, you have YouTube, and people are scouting more, but I really was plucked out of obscurity.
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What is life when living without the Lifemaker?
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I think we live in a culture where it is really difficult to get privacy because everything is so accessible. It's very difficult to maintain your comfortable life with a sort of mystique.
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If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.
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I'm not going to sit inside of a corporation for 20 years. The time is now. The time is now to express yourself. The time is now to believe in yourself.
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I always wanted to be a singer, but none of my friends thought I could sing.
