James Mercer Quotes
I've always sort of felt like what the Shins is, I guess, is a vehicle for my writing.
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To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.
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I had an apartment on Long Beach Blvd and San Vicente in Long Beach, California. That was the apartment I done 'Regulate' in. I had all my equipment set up in the bedroom, a vocal booth in the bathroom and in the closet, and that's where we created it. I had an MPC 60, a Numark mixer, and a Technics 1200, and a ton of records.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
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I'm a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it.
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I did not want to go out at 5:30 in the morning with my stocking cap and my navy pea coat on and shoot lines and grades for the rest of my life.
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I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in every circumstance.
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I have not one shred of anger in my heart against Netanyahu or his wife.
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Also, I walk and hike in several different nearby parks near our home several early mornings a week.
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In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of discrimination - and current incidents of discrimination, while less overt than in the past - are real and must be addressed.
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I babysat kids in a ShopRite, which is a grocery store. They had a babysitting center so that parents could bring their children while they shopped. It was awful. I also was not very good at keeping the kids calm.
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I love gross kissing. I think it's the most fun thing to do.
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When I was little, I went to a Jewish community day school for most of elementary school.
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When you do something that works you have a happiness, but I don't know if it's a feeling of power. Power is a frightening thing and that's not what I'm interested in. I want to do certain things and make them right in my mind and that's it.
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But happiness is no respecter of persons.
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It is not with respect to our convenience or discomfort, but with respect to their own nature that the creatures are glorifying to their Artificer.
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I have a journalism degree, but I'd rather be the person who is being written about rather than the person who is writing.
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I've always sort of felt like what the Shins is, I guess, is a vehicle for my writing.
