Jeff Tweedy Quotes
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I didn't know much about golf growing up.
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.
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It's hard to bring up your children on benefit. It's easier if you can do part- time work, or even full-time work, and actually have a better standard of living, and that's the direction in which we are going.
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
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When we begin to desire a thing, to yearn for it with all our hearts, we begin to establish relationship with it in proportion to the strength and persistency of our longing and intelligent effort to realize it.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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As the ratings go up, so does advertising revenue.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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I love dogs. I have a Golden Doodle and an Alaskan Klee Kai.
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If a child plays sport early in childhood, and doesn't give it up, he will play sport for the rest of his life. And if children have a connection with, and are involved in the preparation of, the food they eat, then it will be normal for them to cook these kind of meals, and they will go on cooking them for the rest of their lives.
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I'd say a good couple of my closest male friends are directors.
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Writers are so important.
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There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
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The Who on record were dynamic. Roger Daltrey's delivery allowed vulnerability without weakness; doubt and confusion, but no plea for sympathy.
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A manager should stay as far away as possible from his players. I don't know if I said ten words to Frank Robinson while he played for me.
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In the U.K., we have a paper called 'The Daily Mail,' which is quite misogynist. And every day, it just writes pieces about: 'Women, you're going to die now! Women, here's shoes that give you cancer! Women, just hate yourselves!'
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I try to be conscious of others, put my best foot forward and show growth. I just try to be my best self - and I think that is the most important thing.
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Tramping is too easy with all this money. My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal... I've decided that I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty of it is just too good to pass up.
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I've been buying instruments and musical gear for a long time.
