Trent Reznor Quotes
Self-examination with a close-up mirror in an antiseptic environment is what Nine Inch Nails is based on.
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It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and good national regulation of trade.
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I do focus my energy on music, but it's just the way that the industry works. I kind of have to take what I can get when it comes to acting and show up so they'll hire me. And music I get to do when I have time. It's not that I focus less, it's just the way it works.
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.
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Yes, my parents are strict about me having a childhood. I go ice skating and sledding, and swimming in the summer.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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The song 'Innocent' is a song that I wrote about something that really, really emotionally impacted me.
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Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
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The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.
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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
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You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism – so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving.
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Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.
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There is a huge crisis of employment in America, in the Western world in general.
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Is an out-of-control life challenge making you feel 'out of control' over your entire life? If so, stop lying around doing nothing. Stop sleeping late. Stop watching too much TV. Start recognizing that this lack of a disciplined schedule will only increase your feelings of being out of control of your life.
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It is the poets and painters who react instantly to a new medium like radio or TV. (p. 53)
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It is important that the decorum and dignity of the House is upheld at all times. The image of Parliament in the public mind should be one where proceedings, debates and discussions take place with a view to resolve issues through a constructive and co-operative approach.
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One of the questions writers bump up against in their work, whether they know it or not, is about lying. Because fiction is a form of deceit, and one's abilities are measured by how convincingly one can persuade readers that these events really happened.
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I'm not somebody who gets teared up or anything, but I still look up at the stars, and it gives me hope, and it gives me energy. I think one of the things that we have to think about it is, we are all a part of this universe.
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I had what AA calls 'a convincer' – which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done.
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Self-examination with a close-up mirror in an antiseptic environment is what Nine Inch Nails is based on.
