Jens Lekman Quotes
Every wedding is slightly different from the other. But you always get to meet the funny uncle and the weirdo relatives, and there's always someone trying to beat you up for not playing enough Beatles songs or something.
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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If I can hit No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, I'm thinking of having the entire list tattooed on my body somewhere. It would be fabulous.
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Women empowerment does not mean you create complex among men. Then it will take 20 more years to empower men. It is all about evolving as a soul, as a human being. It does not mean that you become a sexist.
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A lot of people I make music with are really talented and it doesn't stop at one instrument.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.
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People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes by $15 billion and not lay off one state employee.
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I love a microphone and a big crowd; I'm an entertainer, I guess.
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Every Jew is my brother, and I will not succumb to hate speech.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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When 'Carmen' premiered in 1875, it was panned by the critics. It survived 45 performances. It was called a musical and moral outrage. After Bizet died, at age 37, 'Carmen' became wildly popular. If you believe in your creation, and the rest of the world is laughing or yelling 'Boo,' don't give up.
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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My style, in terms of what I wear, is kind of representative of the music.
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It's not about how big or expensive a present is, it's the thought that is so nice.
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America's vast population of working poor can only get so poor before even Walmart is out of reach.
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I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting student - he should not go in to acting.
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The rules of engagement are so lax that soldiers are shooting and killing Iraqis under mere suspicion, and tragedies are everyday. There are road killings, killings on the road when someone is trying to pass a convoy and they get shot. Or if a roadside bomb goes off, the soldiers just start shooting in all directions.
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Every wedding is slightly different from the other. But you always get to meet the funny uncle and the weirdo relatives, and there's always someone trying to beat you up for not playing enough Beatles songs or something.
