Jens Lekman Quotes
The way to write really good songs is to write about the things that happen in your life and where you are in the moment, and writing about stuff that happens in your 30s is not the sexiest song subject.
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
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Being a celebrity, I don't even have to talk.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
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I'm not the biggest comic book fan.
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Television is democracy at its ugliest.
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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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Socrates was famously executed for his philosophical and political beliefs. I wondered what would happen if you had a similar character, who was so relentlessly questioning of everything? In a modern society, would we be any more or any less tolerant of that kind of character?
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I've got a couple of Harleys and a couple of Ducatis.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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I have been fortunate that publications like the 'New York Times' and 'The Wall Street Journal' have allowed me to share some of my opinions with a wider audience.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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I've always loved both writing and songwriting. The journey is fascinating to me.
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The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working.
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The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.
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I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.
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One of my earliest memories of writing at a piano was alongside my sister.
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If black people use their resources properly, they can become as competitive as any group in society - take control of our neighborhoods, our businesses, our schools, including our teachers. The only thing keeping black people from doing it is this idiotic idea about integration, about being racially balanced.
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It is wrong when we, in effect, throw safe and sound financial institutions into the same category with banks and lenders that climbed too far out on a limb with no way to return.
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You develop courage by acting courageously whenever you feel like acting otherwise.
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The way to write really good songs is to write about the things that happen in your life and where you are in the moment, and writing about stuff that happens in your 30s is not the sexiest song subject.
