Max Eastman Quotes
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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I competed in track for 10 years and have been doing kickboxing forever.
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Let your emotions come out. If your behavior is flat, your game will be flat, too.
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If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I've got enough people listening to me. Not because I'm conscious, but because I'm dope.
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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I didn't want the public in my personal life at all - I thought that people might perceive me as too normal, and I'd lose that larger-than-life rock star persona. You've got to protect that!
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China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption.
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Music video played a huge role in developing my sensibility as a director.
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I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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Take chances, find your voice in fashion, and find what you like, and find what makes you feel good, and do that.
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Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.
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If I could have the discipline to be super-skinny, I would be.
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A minister has to be able to read a clock. At noon, it's time to go home and turn up the pot roast and get the peas out of the freezer.
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I always think that struggle can bring out the best in people - or the worst.
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They say it all started out with a big bang. But, what I wonder is, was it a big bang or did it just seem big because there wasn't anything else drown it out at the time?
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There's just no telling what I'll do. But I can say for certain I will continue to play, record, and put out music.
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And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.
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To tell the truth, girls are no longer the way they used to be. They play gangsters, nowadays, just like boys. They organize rackets. They plan holdups and practice karate. They will rape defenseless adolescents. They wear pants... Life has become impossible.
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Conor got his ass beat.
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You think you're in control, and you're trying to get that square peg in that round hole. You're frustrated, and you realize that you're not in control of everything. You need to just step back and let God.
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I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out on the field, nothing's a joke to me. I don't feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face.
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The more people who come from abroad who played soccer and are brought up playing it and watching it, then come over to America and bring what they know and what they play, that's how the sport will grow.
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A smile is the universal welcome.
