Trent Reznor Quotes
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My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.
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It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.
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We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.
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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
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Before, I could meet and greet all my fans one by one, but now, it's hard to remember all of their names. And my actions can sometimes cause misunderstandings. If I bow to one side, I've heard people from the other side ask why I didn't bow there.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.
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A new era of responsibility is here.
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If you could stay at this stage - you're 17, and you're always going to be in love with your first love - that's probably attractive.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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Healing yourself is connected with healing others.
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But now that I'm cartooning full-time, I'm more of an observer. I'm talking to people who are experiencing these things. But it's not like being in the trenches.
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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It's been a while since I checked in with Malcolm Gladwell's 'Revisionist History' podcast. The episode 'The King of Tears' suggests the author is raising the bar. His argument is that country music is the genre that makes us cry because, unlike rock, it's not afraid of specifics.
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This is the greatest wealth we possess: to know how to direct our labors rightly.
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There are no moderate Republicans left, with the exception of a few who would vote with us when it doesn't make any difference. It's the most rigid ideological party since before the Civil War. ... The bumper sticker I'm going to have printed up for Democrats this year is, 'We're not perfect, but they're nuts.'
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I don't eat fast food often, but I love tacos. I could write prophetically about how perfect the taco is.
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I would like to do a movie where the moments could be extended and you could have the freedom of that, but I'm not precious, if it moves the story and doesn't take away from it.
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Perfect little dream, The kind that hurts the most.
