Jens Lekman Quotes
I think of the Jens Lekman in the songs as a completely different person who's stealing my stories.
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I have vowed never to take antibiotics again unless I really need them. I also learned to pay attention to my body, know the difference between indigestion, an allergic reaction to food, a parasitic infection or worms. It's incredible how well I know my body. I really love that.
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Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a fool.
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I had this 'War and Peace' thing of wanting to experience war as a kind of incredible human enterprise. I even applied to Officer Candidate School. Then the practical side of me kicked in and I thought, 'I really don't want to get drafted.' So I went down to the physical and checked every psychological disorder and drug on the medical history form.
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It should simply be an empirical matter whether the climate is changing or not and whether we're responsible. But the various sides of the debate have now become so tribal that it's no longer a matter of changing our views as more information comes in.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't disregard that. It's a privilege.
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Most of the time, as a model, I feel like I'm just a doll. They control how I should move.
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The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
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We cannot rest until we make sure that our families can afford to live and raise their kids here, that our seniors can remain in their homes and afford their health and pharmaceutical costs.
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I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
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Your memories from your early childhood seem to have such purchase on your emotions. They are so concrete.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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I'm very drawn to characters who are very flawed. I'm less interested in characters who are just good or bad, because to me then they're not real people.
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With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.
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Children don't really understand the concept of health. You can't give them an apple and say 'if you eat this you will be healthy when you're older' because they don't understand. You have to find a different way to motivate them.
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The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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Of course, a movie is in constant flux.
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If it had been what was supposed to happen, it would have happened.
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Singing is a form of meditation... apparently the only one that I have command over.
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I don't really read Stephen King - I just can't read scary things because it stays with me too long - but I truly liked his memoir of the craft of writing.
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Odd, how different different men’s fears could be.
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Donald Trump would end up raising taxes on middle-class families.
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I think of the Jens Lekman in the songs as a completely different person who's stealing my stories.
