Jeff Mangum Quotes
I went to Louisiana Tech, which is just down the road from where we lived. It was an easy college to get into.
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I have a song about being in love. I have a song about being supportive. There's inspiring ones, and there's some that show a little bit more fun and daring. It really is a range of who I am.
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The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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Getting your writing criticized can be a lot like getting skinned, and you respond to it just as enthusiastically.
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By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.
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Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question.
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The underdog winning is the romantic position.
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I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be.
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In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.
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I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music - which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there's no dream that's too big.
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Stuxnet, a computer worm reportedly developed by the United States and Israel that destroyed Iranian nuclear centrifuges in attacks in 2009 and 2010, is often cited as the most dramatic use of a cyber weapon.
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The average full-time working male works more than a full-time working female.
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Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
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The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.
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It's not my goal to be a famous actor.
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The most common criticism I've seen is that I write 'popcorn fantasy:' lightweight action-adventure. Some people call it that as they explain why they love it for exactly that reason. I'm cool with that, either way. I just nod and let it go.
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Don't underlook the Sixties; we started eating more vegetables, respecting women, and we shut down Vietnam. We did a lot of good stuff. But it shouldn't shut you down from the moment.
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Think back to yourself at age 18. I know I was mighty different than the Patti I am today. As we grow up, we grow out of our haircuts, our apartments and - often times - our romantic decisions.
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I'm a rich man, but I don't want to be a miser.
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It remains overwhelmingly and compellingly in Britain's national interest that the EU should succeed.
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I don't worry about the integrity of the game. Our players are professionals.
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I went to Louisiana Tech, which is just down the road from where we lived. It was an easy college to get into.
