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.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always thought that I'd make a pretty good police officer, except maybe for the danger part. I have a rare medical condition that makes it difficult for me to risk getting shot, so probably I'd have to be one of those officers who work in 'do not shoot' areas.
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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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I do love traveling, so I've been able to travel a lot.
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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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But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust, so I'm just living up to my reputation.
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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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A melody is not merely something you can hum.
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Herbert Hoover failed through no fault of his own. The Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression were beyond his control, and every remedy he tried failed adequately to work.
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The people that I admire have a wonderful balance of self-belief and humility.
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If all else fails, you could wait for the first corner and tie his dreadlocks to the goalpost.
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There were sometimes from forty to sixty English machines, but unfortunately the Germans were often in the minority. With them quality was more important than quantity.
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As a queen, I speak about unity and respect. I think that is the most important thing.
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It's come to the point where you have people saying it's our Christian duty to embrace the homosexual movement. This is absurd.
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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.
