Stephen Malkmus Quotes
Everyone wants to be loved, generally. If you released a record and nobody said anything, if you didn't get any feedback from people you don't know, i.e. the press, you'd be sort of upset. To me, any press is good press.
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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I'm process-orientated. Awards, by their nature, are results-orientated.
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I do sometimes wonder if people think, 'Oh we'll have her because she cries well.' The odd thing is I don't really know where it comes from. If the script is good, I find I can usually cry without too much trouble - in fact, the hard thing is trying to get me to stop. But I'm not really a crier in real life. I'm not a dramatic person, you see.
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The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.
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'Mrs. Doubtfire' is still a fun movie, and it's still fun to watch, but it is hard to watch myself sometimes. I get very critical. And people will say, 'Mara, you were five.' And I'm like, 'Yeah, but I still should have known better!' I'm a lifelong perfectionist, what can I say?
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At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon him and the United States.
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You have to try things you're really afraid of, even if you pee yourself a little bit.
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I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.
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It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.
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I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading.
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We need to address our Nation's mounting garbage problem by generating less garbage, particularly paper waste.
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Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.
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One of the greatest lessons of my own life was learning to turn the inner rampage of hatred and anger toward my own father for his reprehensible behavior and abandonment of his family into an inner reaction more closely aligned with God and God-realized love.
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I have learned so much from God that I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew.
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Actually, I used to be a busboy in a strip joint in New York and so I hate strip joints. I'm not that kind of person.
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Love stories should be relatable.
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Well, obviously I was excited by the idea that Woody Allen was going to direct it. But at the same time, the script itself and the character was really interesting.
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'Matilda' was my favorite movie to film and my favorite to watch, as well.
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I screwed up at a young age with my parents. They were very religious and they didn't really understand music. They didn't really listen to music. I went through a series of battles with them about why I loved music.
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It is fast approaching the point where I don't want tAdenauer to want the job.
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I believe in operating in the big middle of the electorate and not being to the far right or the far left. I think you get so much more done.
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...just friends, over and over you said it again—-then you kissed me.
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Everyone wants to be loved, generally. If you released a record and nobody said anything, if you didn't get any feedback from people you don't know, i.e. the press, you'd be sort of upset. To me, any press is good press.
