Stephen Malkmus Quotes
Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing, who speak their songs.
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All men begin their learning with Homer.
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Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together.
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The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
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I went to Moses Malone's golf tournament in Houston, and I've been hooked ever since.
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I find that people in the food world are amazingly willing to talk about what they are doing, even when those things are quasi-legal or taboo.
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The other thing about FEMA, my understanding is that it was supposed to move into the Department of Homeland Security... and be what it was, but also having a lot of lateral communication with all those others involved in that issue of homeland security.
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Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.
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I'm inspired every day by the great captains of industry and enlightened entrepreneurs like my great-great-grandfather and founder of Fiat, Giovanni Agnelli, who personally knew all his workers and gave so much to this country, or Adriano Olivetti, unique and innovative in every way.
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Peace between Israel and Palestine is a top priority for the European Union, and it will remain a top priority in our political agenda.
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I think that when people who've had success from a young age go through a train-wreck cycle, it's usually because they're working on someone else's terms, so they feel the need to rebel. But when it's something you've built, you don't have that same kind of resentment or angstiness. But it's also difficult to keep those standards for yourself.
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I love to watch times change!
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You have to accept the fact that sometimes you are the pigeon, and sometimes you are the statue.
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So, it happened pretty fast, but, it is causing a lot of stir, which thrills me that people still remember the songs.
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I'm very confident. Even when I read people saying horrible stuff about my weight.
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Separation Your absence has gone through me Like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color.
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There are many who say they want to be victorious Christians, but few are willing to endure the discipline necessary to make one a good solider of Jesus Christ. There is a prize to possess, but before we possess it there is a price to be paid, and few will pay it.
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How I was raised was, there were no rules - nothing like that. If I wanted to take a drug because I was in school and everybody was doing it, I could go to my parents and say, "I really want to try this." And they'd say, "If you do this, O.K., but this is what can happen to you..." They'd say, "Don't get it in the streets, because it could be really bad and make you freak out. Don't take it in a crowded place, because you'll panic."
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From all I've heard, it's a lot of fun. That's what I want to do, just go out and enjoy myself. I don't want to go out and beat thousands of balls and spend hours and hours on the putting green.
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Bosnia is under my skin. It's the place you cannot leave behind. I was obsessed by the nightmare of it all; there was this sense of guilt, and an anger that has become something much deeper over these last years.
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Look not at the face, young girl, look at the heart. The heart of a handsome young man is often deformed. There are hearts in which love does not keep. Young girl, the pine is not beautiful; it is not beautiful like the poplar, but it keeps its foliage in winter.
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Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing, who speak their songs.
