Steve Albini Quotes
The bands that have been the most important to me, and the records that have been the most important to me as a fan, have been records that surprised me for one reason or another.
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I love so many styles of music.
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Although I have no plans to tweet, I am fascinated by developments on the Internet.
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I want audiences to see me in different avatars.
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In our world of rampant 'individualisation', relationships are mixed blessings. They vacillate between a sweet dream and a nightmare, and there is no telling when one turns into the other.
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The gruesomeness of 'Death Line' was an absolute necessity for me to bring up the political content of the film. I wanted to show how devastating class distinction could be.
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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
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There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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Novelists want to be published and need a publisher to decide to print 20,000 copies. So you need to entertain on some level. I want to reach out and connect.
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With 'The Social Network,' I got into it at first because frankly I thought there was a cool courtroom drama to be had with the intellectual properties. And then what further drew me in was that the most extraordinary social networking device ever created was created by the world's most antisocial person. I liked that story.
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We have the American people properly concerned about the future of our country and the world.
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I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.
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The people that I admire have a wonderful balance of self-belief and humility.
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I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.
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I ought not to speak about the dead because the dead are all over the place.
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I've got a very interesting background.
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I love a challenge, and I love challenging people's preconceptions.
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Silence is ever speaking; it is the perennial flow of language.
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I think I am aggressive, I think I am critical when it's necessary.
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I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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In the four decades after World War II, manufacturing jobs paid more than other jobs for given skills. But that is much less true today. Increased international competition has forced American manufacturers to reduce costs. As a result, the pay premium for low-skilled workers in manufacturing is smaller than it once was.
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The bands that have been the most important to me, and the records that have been the most important to me as a fan, have been records that surprised me for one reason or another.
