Matt Bevin Quotes
I name my companies things that are intentional, that are specific, that are worthy of ridicule if you are anything other.
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One of the great upsides to a national book tour is the chance to break out of television's cocoon and interact directly with the American people.
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I'm not in demand. I'm all washed up.
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Homophobia is manufactured in high schools, so it's probably useful to keep in mind that it really does bother people.
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I love men's wear.
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I think I've been fortunate to be at the top of the game and in the media for years, and a lot of times, people want to be your friend when you're on the top. You know, there have been times when I've been injured and I never got a phone call. So that's the way it is.
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One of the reasons, surely, why women have been credited with less perfect veracity than men is that the burden of conventional falsehood falls chiefly on them.
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I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the population. Of course, it can be useful if you're writing an official letter, like trying to get a visa or something passed through Parliament. They're impressed by these things.
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New York has influenced me a lot in terms of my own independence. I'm really struck by the idea of authenticity, and I think New York embodies that idea, even though people are like, 'I miss the old New York.' But at its core, it has this natural, authentic energy. L.A. lacks that idea; it's painted over.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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I think if we open ourselves to all different kinds of men and all groups, we find a lot more opportunities to love.
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I've always been interested in mindfulness and alternative ways of seeing the world.
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Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
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Luckily, I'm in a band with two other guys who really pull their own weight and have the skills and abilities to compensate for my weaknesses.
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Metal music is the only art form that is totally dependent for its success on the idea that idiots buy cheap trash are getting ripped off.
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As usual, I'm overstating the case to knock a few neurons loose, but the truth is usually somewhere in the muddle, uh, middle.
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Wer Wissenschaft und Kunst besitzt, / Hat auch Religion / Wer jene beiden nicht besitzt / Der habe Religion
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And Marlowe, Webster, Fletcher, Ben,Whose fire-hearts sowed our furrows whenThe world was worthy of such men.
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Be true to yourself and figure out what it is that you are good at.
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If you like something, rock it. If you want to rock a cape every day, go for it.
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I think that cancer is a life form that exists out there, and it exists in us. I think even the concept of healing is a spiritual principle that we have to really look at. I think the word itself is something we ought to get rid of, because it implies that there is illness - that there is something wrong.
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And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands with real players. They had an influence on everybody, not just drummers.
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Nicknames are the most essential in life, more valuable than names.
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'Off With Their Heads' by Frances Marion. I love a showbusiness autobiography - and this one resonates because it's written by one of the great Hollywood screenwriters.
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I name my companies things that are intentional, that are specific, that are worthy of ridicule if you are anything other.
