Sufjan Stevens Quotes
Growing up on the border there, we were always frustrated with people's pronunciations of towns in Michigan, and people mispronouncing Illinois. There are all these Native American words that no one really knows how to pronounce.
Sufjan Stevens
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Power is the by-product of understanding.
Jacob Bronowski
A lot of West Virginia is untouched. It doesn't have as many strip malls, it has these old towns that feel like it used to be how it looked. Charleston has this river that runs through it, and it's really beautiful.
Sam Trammell
I'm letting inspiration move me, in whatever direction it may, without concern if this sounds too rap or too indie, or there's too many words in it.
K. Flay
I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Australian child - has true equality of opportunity. We've got to work harder at it. I think, you know, the heartland issue for us is the gap; the gap in life expectancy in this country.
Quentin Bryce
Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life.
P. J. O'Rourke
However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.
Ed Markey
In theatre, there's no time for a proper meal.
Tamsin Greig
I lived through many battles - the 1973, I was young; in 1982 with the Israeli invasions, and 2006 between Hezbollah and Israel. Before I emigrated to the States in '83, I had my own very black and white views of the Israelis and the Jews in general. But you start to understand that no matter what you think, there are two perspectives.
Ziad Doueiri
America has absorbed people from around the world, and there is an Indian in every part of the world. This characterizes both the societies. Indians and Americans have co-existed in their natural temperament.
Narendra Modi
New York is great for busy creative types. The city has a pulse that races, and you either keep up with it or you leave.
Raina Telgemeier
What do I love about acting? I love traveling, meeting new people, exploring and just doing what I love.
Bailee Madison
Did people think I sounded black? Totally, but that was a marketing tool as well, but also this is how I grew up and these are my influences.
Taylor Dayne
All, or the greatest part of men that have aspired to riches or power, have attained thereunto either by force or fraud, and what they have by craft or cruelty gained, to cover the foulness of their fact, they call purchase, as a name more honest. Howsoever, he that for want of will or wit useth not those means, must rest in servitude and poverty.
Walter Raleigh
I think of myself as a Romantic Symbolist.
Cy Twombly
I really enjoy being with my fans. They offer great support and encouragement to me. I like signing autographs and posing for pictures.
Lexi Thompson
Iraq did nothing to us. Iraq was not responsible for 9/11.
Charles Evers
Your email inbox is a bit like a Las Vegas roulette machine. You know, you just check it and check it, and every once in a while there's some juicy little tidbit of reward, like the three quarters that pop down on a one-armed bandit. And that keeps you coming back for more.
Douglas Rushkoff
Perhaps fantasy offers imaginative escapism more than other genres.
Jasper Fforde