Sufjan Stevens Quotes
It's nice for me to have a ballet as a kind of platform for creativity, because unlike modern dance or contemporary dance or downtown dance, ballet is formalized, and there's something orthodox about it that I like. I like that there's less emphasis on subversion and innovation. I actually think that my musical vernacular or my musical voice is also less inclined toward innovation and subversion. I think I'm a traditionalist.
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There is no greater power in Heaven or on Earth than pure, unconditional love. The nature of the God force, the unseen intelligence in all things, which causes the material world and is the center of both the spiritual and physical plane, is best described as pure, unconditional love.
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And, sure, if you have a political point of view, you have every right to share it. But you have to be careful not to get too self-important. You have to find the balance between being entertaining and being preachy.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up.
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Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.
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I will eat disgusting things, but only those with long established culinary traditions.
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I am chairman of the Africa subcommittee in the House of Representatives.
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Well, I like chocolate stuff; I don't like any of that other gross sugary candy.
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If Obamacare is so wonderful, why is it that its loudest advocates don't want to be subject to it?
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Well, first I have to make the team, of course.
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The IRS targeting certain groups for harassment because of their politics would be unfair. If we found out the NSA was keeping special tabs on everyone who worshiped at a mosque or took a Bible trip through the Middle East, you'd have an uprising.
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That's pretty much who I am. I like to get riled up. I feel like it brings the best out of me and the other guys.
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God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
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Any press is good press. So keep on ragging me.
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Agreeing to share prosperity, rather than let it divide us, is infinitely preferable to the alternative.
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I'm pretty, but I'm not, like, a 'pretty girl.'
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I'm a warrior when it comes to pursuing roles.
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In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.
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When somebody walks into a room they give off a certain kind of vibe or whatever and at that point that's how you're going to cast them.
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I think the attraction to Israeli women stems from the fact that we're exotic and the fact that there are many talented and beautiful women in Israel. I think that there is also greater awareness of Israel than before in the movie industry.
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The average gardener probably knows little about what is going on in his or her garden.
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At first glance it would seem, of course, that no two subjects could possibly be further apart than an underground society of pickup artists and supercomputer chess. What on earth do these two narratives have to do with each other—and what do they have to do with asserting myself as human in the Turing test? The answer is surprising, and it hinges on what chess players call “getting out of book.” We’ll look at what that means in chess and in conversation, how to make it happen, and what the consequences are if you don’t.
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It's nice for me to have a ballet as a kind of platform for creativity, because unlike modern dance or contemporary dance or downtown dance, ballet is formalized, and there's something orthodox about it that I like. I like that there's less emphasis on subversion and innovation. I actually think that my musical vernacular or my musical voice is also less inclined toward innovation and subversion. I think I'm a traditionalist.
