Matt Roper Quotes
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It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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There are a lot of really great cartoonists out there. It's nice to be thought of as one of them.
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I like to wear shoes that are cool but also practical. The same goes for bags. Your bag is a big deal in New York. You can't just carry around a little clutch, because you don't have a car or anywhere to stash things during the day, so you need to carry your whole life with you. That's why I like big, chunky bags with lots of compartments.
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I've never actually directed anything I haven't made up. I've never adapted anything.
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Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want.
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.
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In my own experience, I've found that it's very difficult to make peace with women. We tend to be competitive and feel angry.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.
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I don't care how popular I am. I'm not putting myself out there to run for higher office.
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I have always believed that resistance against repression and violence is possible without relying on similar repression and violence. I have always believed that human civilization is the fruit of the effort of both women and men.
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You'll see me on 'Top Chef' someday. My Midwestern hospitality needs an outlet, you know?
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Every choice you make has an end result.
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A lot of my work is about what's abstract and what's pictorial. Is it bubblegum, or is it an abstract painting using bubblegum? The energy comes from walking that line and watching things dip this way and that.
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Well, we spend an awful lot of our time working and doing experiments. It's very busy up on the shuttle.
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There are, of course, all sorts of other unpleasant regimes outside the walls as well - the military dictators of Latin America and the apartheid regime of South Africa.
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Wanting to is the whole lesson; all the rest is practice.
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I'm the worst at teasing. I don't really know how much I can and can't say.
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Are we on the tail-end of a generation that is enamored with the novelty of these devices and will younger people coming of age be more blasé about them in a healthy way? You look back at the history of any medium and the people who were there when it was developing, whether it was the telegraph or cable television or radio, thought, This is amazing, it's going change everything, or, The human community will finally be able to recognize each other and speak and be one - I mean, some people thought the telegraph or television would usher in world peace.
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I'm the worst ad anyone could possibly be for abstaining from anything.
