Ian McLagan Quotes
I like the fact that Austin's the first place I've ever lived where there's a real sense of community. People care about their neighbors.
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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It's for scientists to lay out the data and lay out what they think, and then it's for the public to make up its own mind. We don't live in a priesthood where some small group imposes its views on other people - that's not the way that science works, and it's not the way a democratic society should work.
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I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very hard. 'Perfectionist' would be a word to describe me.
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In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
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The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center serves as a poignant reminder of our past and a trusted source of education for schoolchildren, community members, and visitors from across the country.
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
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The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.
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There's a lot of garbage, and then there are those ones that just stand out so incredibly. You fight for those roles; you do everything in your power to get it.
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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
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With fandom, people are sensitive, and sometimes defensive, about their experiences.
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Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
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I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.
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Men! The only animal in the world to fear.
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The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.
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It's interesting: in the late '80s, there was this really random mix of new wave, industrial, and these early house records. And a lot of it was coming out of Chicago because of Wax Trax! So I always visited Wax Trax Records.
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You can be taking two steps forward as an actor, but if a movie doesn't make money, you might as well be taking two steps backwards. It's all about economics.
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They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do.They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you.
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Of course advertising creates wants. Of course it makes people discontented, dissatisfied. Satisfaction with things as they are would defeat the American Dream.
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I've been playing music for over 20 years now. I started playing when I was 14 years old. To everyone who has said I was an overnight success... where have you been the last 20 years?
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There is always one more thing you can do to increase your odds of success.
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I like the fact that Austin's the first place I've ever lived where there's a real sense of community. People care about their neighbors.
