Jeremy Denk Quotes
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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The American tradition of Washington and Hamilton and Madison and Lincoln and TR and Pat Buchanan is of economic nationalism - making America an independent, self-sufficient, sovereign forever country that's able to stand on its own feet.
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Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.
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Sydney's beautiful, the weather's great, and the air's fresh and clean, but it doesn't have the scene and the amount of likeminded people. At home, things are very comfortable, but I feel like putting myself out there a bit.
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Futurism eventually got marred by its link to Fascism, but early on, it was totally avant-garde, and I wanted to dream a phantom link from the early futurists to the politically radical Italy of the 1970s, a time of fun, play, subversion - if also violence and mayhem.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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I remain fascinated by where you go as a woman once you are a mother, and if you ever come back.
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You know, bigotry isn't relevant to just the South. It never was. But I'm very grateful that I don't know what it's like from experience.
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We've heard that the hookup culture is destroying us. We've heard that it's saving us. We've heard that it's racist. We've agonized over which one of these is true.
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Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous. I just wanted to have mastered the art of sketch comedy.
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Anyone can make an article longer; the skill is keeping it tight and lean.
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For people who think of chicken as the meat choice of those-who-don't-really-like-meat, brining a bird will be a revelation.
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I just come from a school where you have to win something to be accepted.
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My choice was to ruin my son's life by giving him money or giving 90-plus percent to charity. Not much of a choice.
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A lot of people are angry about the democratic abuses that have been committed by the Spanish government.
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Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal.
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My parents are overweight, and I think the biggest problem we have in America is a lack of education. The place to start is with parents and teaching them to cook healthier.
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Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.
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I think I'm a million different faces.
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I meet people from different walks of life that I can have relationships with.
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First lead [in a movie] requires a different approach like trying not to give it all away in the first scene. It is a skill, a learned skill.
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To newspapers and publishing houses I urge the use of fact over fiction, freedom of the press, and responsibility at all times.
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I grew up doing all that stuff because I was obsessed with the '50s. I had sock hops for birthday parties. So I've always done The Twist and stuff. It was pretty natural and, with my parents doing it all the time, I'd just copy them. Not very pretty.
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I was a kid with a lot of different, strange interests - kind of crazy.
