Stephen Malkmus Quotes
I'm not dying for everyone to hear everything we do. Forty minutes every two years is sensible.
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I have always tried to make profitable films because people's offices shut down if films fail, and I will do everything to avoid that.
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When it comes to having a central nervous system, and the ability to feel pain, hunger, and thirst, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy.
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I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.
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Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.
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What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.
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We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.
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Hold the door for a lady. Wait until a lady is out of the elevator.
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Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.
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I just look at what's going on in the world.
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Early on, even before he was the front-runner, TV news was giving Trump far more attention than other candidates and far more than he deserved.
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That's a real secret. You can trust God. I feel I love the Lord with all of my heart, and he will not put more on me than I can bear. And so I always say, 'Lord, I trust you with me.' So I figure, anything that happens in my life, I must be able to bear it, or he wouldn't allow it to happen.
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A surprising number of people - including many students of literature - will tell you they haven't really lived in a book since they were children. Sadly, being taught literature often destroys the life of the books.
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Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal connection.
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The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
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I am performing this role of the artist and this role of the 'negress' coming into a white-box institution. It's kind of a self-appointed role: the self-designated negress.
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Honestly, I think a good film is spiritual, regardless of whether its subject is faith.
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I wash my face day and night. I actually really love Dr. Lancer face wash, and I also love Neutrogena.
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Tom DeLay may or may not have broken campaign finance laws, but he did his best to look like he was breaking them.
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II.
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Alack our life, so beautiful to see, With how much ease life losest, in a day, What many years with pain and toil amassed!
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I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.
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I'm not dying for everyone to hear everything we do. Forty minutes every two years is sensible.
