Jeremy Denk Quotes
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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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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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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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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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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At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger.
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I never wanted to be a public intellectual or a talking head.
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I am not going to stop speaking out on behalf of policies that I think are right - regardless of ideology, party or political expediency.
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Some movies to me are like vampires – they suck all of the energy out of me and I don't like that. I like to give the audience energy if I can.
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It was psychobabbler Abraham Maslow who wrote of the phenomena of self-actualization. What Maslow failed to grasp is that reaching true self-actualization can only be ultimately achieved when you have your own brand of ammunition.
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Growing up in a house where there was a lot of different musical influences - my mom listens to soul stuff and Top 40, my sisters would listen to hip-hop - and the church, I grew up listening to a lot of gospel stuff. So I think that plays a role in how I make music now because my music has a lot of range. I don't just do one thing.
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I have great expectations for our company; pretzels were just the beginning.
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I was famous overnight. I went from nowhere to being really big.
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In any industry, the people with the freshest ideas usually come from outside.
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I was a kid with a lot of different, strange interests - kind of crazy.
