Mark Teixeira Quotes
My closet is in perfect order at home. All my dress shirts, all my casual shirts. All my suits, they're color coordinated. All my ties are color coordinated.
Quotes to Explore
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The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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Like most ghetto kids I knew it was important to be 'somebody' so I became a good soccer player, because excelling at a sport seemed to make you special.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.
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I'm a machine man, and I head a machine.
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Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.
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At first, I was just trying to sound like DOOM and Eminem, and then I dug out my own voice, I guess.
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What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the prime minister; I don't write the book with the big serial killer who lops off heads. My setting is a very placid pool of suburbia, family life. And within that I can make pretty big splashes.
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It's weird, because the ideas in my songs aren't controversial to me. I feel like I should be able to sing about anything.
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We're in this entertainment business really to give the audience what they want.
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In the beginning, when I was doing my shows, I was incorporating a lot of Spanish, just trying to be a Latino comic instead of just a comic. Now I try to make the show as broad as possible... I don't want to alienate people. I want to make it so everybody can follow along and everybody can relate.
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In order to do a musical now, a style must be developed that works for today's audience.
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I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
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I'm a big fan of community, and I think independence is over-rated.
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Government doesn't have to come up with new killer features on its own. It has to step aside and let others come up with them.
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To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.
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I've been making sushi for 38 years, and I'm still learning. You have to consider the size and color of the ingredients, how much salt and vinegar to use and how the seasons affect the fattiness of the fish.
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My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and the most absolute freedom imaginable, freedom from violence and lies, no matter what form the latter two take. Such is the program I would adhere to if I were a major artist.
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In my 20s, it was easy. In your 40s, it's a lot more challenging. You have to look at it like you're an actor, but you're also a professional athlete. You have to train.
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Vision, in my view, is the cause of the greatest benefit to us, inasmuch as none of the accounts now given concerning the Universe would ever have been given if men had not seen the stars or the sun or the heavens. But as it is, the vision of day and night and of months and circling years has created the art of number and has given us not only the notion of Time but also means of research into the nature of the Universe. From these we have procured Philosophy in all its range, than which no greater boon ever has come or will come, by divine bestowal, unto the race of mortals.
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Any time you criticize these young guys, they call you a hater. They never ask you if the criticism is fair or not.
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My closet is in perfect order at home. All my dress shirts, all my casual shirts. All my suits, they're color coordinated. All my ties are color coordinated.
