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.Jens Lekman
Quotes to Explore
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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.
Barbara Demick -
Being a celebrity, I don't even have to talk.
Damon Wayans -
I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
J. J. Abrams -
Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
Victor Hugo -
I'm not the biggest comic book fan.
Fran Kranz -
One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
C. S. Lewis -
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?
Samantha Harvey -
I've got a couple of Harleys and a couple of Ducatis.
Zac Brown Band -
People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
Laura Osnes -
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.
Brown Campbell -
One can not impede scientific progress.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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I've always loved both writing and songwriting. The journey is fascinating to me.
Manika -
The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working.
Yolanda Adams -
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.
Carl Jung -
I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story.
Zoey Deutch -
In certain European cuisines, vegetables are cooked a long time. I take the term 'al dente' and use it for vegetables.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
Risk is to do something that 99 percent of the time would be a failure.
Ferran Adria
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There are moments as a teacher when I'm conscious that I'm trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago. It's an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.
Abraham Verghese -
We live in a society where it's cool to be criminal.
Kurt Elling -
As a brother and sister, our tastes were pretty different growing up. He liked a lot of early hip hop. My dad didn't understand it and would try to talk him out of it.
Taryn Manning Boomkat -
I spent a lot of my childhood moving around, so I was constantly adjusting to different environments and finding a new identity.
Camila Mendes -
Like a typical Gemini I'm changeable, I can be two different types of people. I can be very outgoing, but sometimes very shy.
Denise Van Outen -
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.
Jens Lekman