Stephen Malkmus Quotes
I think it's just entertainment for people that are interested in the form. To sing along to and be psyched by.
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I try very hard to handle things equally: ideas, materials, and images.
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In so much of politics you're not allowed to disagree with what's been agreed.
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My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.
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I'm not going to just say nice things about everybody unless I mean it.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.
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Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.
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My father was a pioneer in so many ways. He was fearless, and I think that I kind of picked that up from him as well.
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Working gets in the way of living.
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The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.
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All I can do is put out the good stuff, and people will make the decision on whether they like it. My fans are very intelligent people. They're not stupid. They know what's good.
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I'm a very proud actor.
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By including children with different learning abilities in mainstream and specialized schools, we can change attitudes and promote respect. By creating suitable jobs for adults with autism, we integrate them into society.
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Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal.
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The White House is the people's house. When you do historical restoration, that must be what it is.
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The degree of leverage now being reversed is staggering, and the underlying global imbalances - notably between the savers and the spenders - will require long and painful adjustment.
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The story with anorexic girls - nobody works with anorexic girls. That has nothing to do with fashion.
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Your parents only want what's best for you. They know a career in the arts usually means living paycheck to paycheck; they just want you to know that you have other options!
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I have no problem with people eating meat. I would just like it, for the people who do eat meat, for the animals to be treated better. To be treated humanely. Cows in pastures living the life that they're supposed to live. I have no problem with that.
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On Positive Liberty: The business of the State is to use its organizing powers for the purpose of furnishing the necessary conditions which allow this people freely to unfold its creative faculties.
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I found it liberating to sing on camera. On stage, you have to indicate having a thought, and the word you are singing must indicate it as well, but on camera, you can have ideas, you can take in all the stimuli that the character would be taking in, there's a freedom you get, and you don't have the obligation to transmit each idea to the back of the house. It felt so much closer to reality for me.
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I think it's just entertainment for people that are interested in the form. To sing along to and be psyched by.
