Stephen Malkmus Quotes
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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I like a little bit of designer, with a bit of vintage and high street mixed in. I love it when you find those one-off key pieces, which end up becoming investment pieces.
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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Governments are not running the show anymore. Scumbag Entrepreneurs are, and they have a harsh and ruthless agenda.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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When I was auditioning for 'True Grit,' I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable.
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We love Popsicle in our house. Nick could probably down a whole box in one sitting; he's obsessed with the sugar free box, and I'm just obsessed with the classic.
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Pregnancy isn't 'I can eat whatever I want,' because you have to remember you're going to be stuck with a lot of that weight afterwards that you need to try to get off.
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Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.
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I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.
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It's great when you have people who will speak passionately and honestly about what they are doing.
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A peculiar fact about termite-tapeworm-fungus-moss art is that it goes always forward, eating its own boundaries, and, likely as not, leaves nothing in its path other than the signs of eager, industrious, unkempt activity.
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I know people said I wasn't selling out in America, but that was entirely untrue. We sold out all over the world, and every night I looked out into the fans and those front rows that you're talking about, the tears, the honesty, the inability to not be completely overjoyed because they felt accepted.
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I hadn't really noticed that I had a hearing problem. I just thought most people had given up on speaking clearly.
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It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
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Poetry is not an art or a branch of art: it's something more.
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Politicians and bureaucrats must learn to stay away from the day-by-day functioning of business.
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The reality is, sometimes you lose. And you're never too good to lose, you're never too big to lose, you're never too smart to lose, it happens.
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In politics one should not expect big jumps. Everything takes time.
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I'm a songwriter who just wants to bring people great songs.
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You can change the world, but if no one's listening, it doesn't matter.