AJ McLean (Alexander James McLean) Quotes
To bring the fans into the world of being like part of the crew through things like cell phone cases, making them feel like they are on tour with their favorite band is a cool thing.

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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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I find myself so easily discouraged. It is pathetic how easily I can be discouraged - easily discouraged by resistance, easily discouraged by opposition, easily discouraged by hardness of heart, easily discouraged by blindness.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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I'm not looking to shock anyone.
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But you know, the system almost destroyed itself while it was goin' on trying to destroy us.
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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
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I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth.
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My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
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I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
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The Bay of Bengal is hit frequently by cyclones. The months of November and May, in particular, are dangerous in this regard.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I've always kept a low profile, and I like it that way.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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People look at me as sort of a diplomat for Turkey, which by nature, I'm not; I don't want to be. It's again about that playfulness. Being Turkey's voice or representative is not playful, it's not childlike; it makes me self-conscious, kills the child in me.
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There are still times in my life where I pull back from being totally honest, and I can't imagine a single straight person who would understand that.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.
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It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.
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Don't kiss a man who hasn't shaved.
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I'm just more into playing golf. It's a great thing.
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All the critics who could not make their reputations by discovering you are hoping to make them by predicting hopefully your approaching impotence, failure and general drying up of natural juices. Not a one will wish you luck or hope that you will keep on writing unless you have political affiliations in which case these will rally around and speak of you and Homer, Balzac, Zola and Link Steffens.
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There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.
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I started getting back into buying old analog gear while we were recording. Lots of old drum machines and synths. It wasn't a conscious thing. I didn't consider myself a collector, but boxes of vintage gear would turn up virtually every day.
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To bring the fans into the world of being like part of the crew through things like cell phone cases, making them feel like they are on tour with their favorite band is a cool thing.