Jeff Lemire Quotes
I grew up reading a lot of superhero comics, so it's really fun to take a shot at one myself and see what happens.
Quotes to Explore
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Imperfection is perfection.
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When think about the Frank Oceans of the world, it's not like we don't have gay men within the hip-hop community.
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.
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Every day in the year there comes some malice into the world, and where it comes from is no good place.
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Shimeji are those odd-looking clusters of small mushrooms you often find in so-called 'exotic' selections at the supermarket. They have an appealing firmness that is retained during light cooking.
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If you behave normally, people treat you normally. It's only when you act as if you're someone special that they feel obliged to stand on ceremony.
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I sing to Jesus for Jesus now. This gives me pure joy... worship!
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In the years leading up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thinking about defense was driven by ideas that regarded successful military operations as ends in themselves rather than just one instrument of power that must be coordinated with others to achieve - and sustain - political goals.
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I normally don't endorse in Democratic primaries.
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I personally believe that any country that has a nuclear program should conform to international regulations and should have international regulatory bodies that check to make sure that any nuclear program moves in the right direction.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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My biggest influences as an actor were Marlon Brando, and I really dug James Dean.
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Paris ain't much of a town.
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I never, by any regard, ever denied any part of my family roots.
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Leather accents on pieces make it fun and spices up an outfit.
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If you took ISIS' oil, that would not stop them. It's not their only source of revenue. It would be a setback, but it would not stop them.
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I try and groom myself, be it through fitness or dance.
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When I was growing up, my dad was away a lot. He did a lot of work in crisis zones, places like Uganda or Rwanda.
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Originally, I was against gay marriage because I was opposed to all marriage, being an old-fashioned gay bohemian. The straight people I knew in the sixties were very much opposed to it. I was, too, and it was never a possibility for gays, but when I saw how opposed the Religious Right was to it, I thought it a fight worth fighting.
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If I could read while I was driving, showering, socializing or sleeping, I would do it.
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I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you want them to just be themselves. Then you can edit or mess around with what they've come up with. But you have to allow the artist that space.
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I'm an artist by trade and an author by necessity.
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I grew up reading a lot of superhero comics, so it's really fun to take a shot at one myself and see what happens.
