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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We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.
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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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I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything.
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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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If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.
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Among the Huguenots he learned to be gentle and courteous; to bear himself among his elders respectfully, but without fear or shyness; to consider that, while all things were of minor consequence in comparison to the right to worship God in freedom and purity, yet that a man should be fearless of death, ready to defend his rights, but with moderation and without pushing them to the injury of others; that he should be grave and decorous of speech, and yet of a gay and cheerful spirit.
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On a job, there's so much commitment you have to give, in regards to time, research... I like the tunnel vision of it that prevents anything else from getting in. The creativity and collaboration required there is very rewarding.
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There is a definite difference between live shows and the recordings. The recordings are for all time, hopefully, so you do want to bring across layers of subtlety. But the live show is this primal experience that everybody's having at the same time, that the recording can at best try to imitate or duplicate.
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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.
