Stephen Malkmus Quotes
What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much.
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I think every fight is different based on who is fighting.
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Thomas Friedman's 'The World is Flat' sold more copies in India than in the U.K. The market for go-getting business books or wonkish tomes by corporate moguls posing as philosopher kings has grown dramatically in modernising China and India.
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Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.
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My father started with nothing and is a self-made man. No matter what I do with my life, I can never match his accomplishments.
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What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure.
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Knowledge is sometimes superfluous: when we need it, we have it not.
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You aren't going to leave me alone are you?
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I drink tons of water. When you're puffy, you think you can't drink water since you feel more bloated and gross but that's what you do to get the toxins out of your system. I put a little lemon in the water bottle that I carry around with me or drink a cup of hot water with lemon. It's a natural diuretic.
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In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
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See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.
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Americans mostly now believe the climate is changing. They believe that humans are causing it, and they believe that it is a risk. But in surveys, Americans are not willing to pay higher energy prices to tackle the problem.
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He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
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Americanism demands loyalty to the teacher and respect for his lesson.
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It was a horrible, terrible, atrocious, offensive football game.
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We went into this with the utmost respect for the source material, but we recognized the need for change.
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In a kidnapping, you leave behind a lot of your baggage, like arrogance and stubbornness.
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It's nice to look good, but the most important thing is to be you.
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As our economy advances, our government and our laws need to modernize, too.
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... in the present State of America, our welfare and prosperity depend upon the cultivation of our lands and turning the produce of them to the best advantage.
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I don't really go to clubs so I don't know what sounds are made there.
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It's a lot harder to keep your cool than it is to lose it. That's on any work ethic. Even if you're a big producer on a movie set, or whatever, it's a lot harder to be a pro than be a baby on your crew. That's one work ethic to keep in mind, as one bad apple could give five people a bad day, when that one person could've stepped up their own efforts a little more and not bring anyone else down.
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I think it's pointless asking questions like "Will humanity survive?" It's purely up to people - if they want to, they can, if they don't want to, they won't.
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What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much.
