Sufjan Stevens Quotes
I'm not beholden to the public, and neither are the public beholden to me or my songs. I'm very much of a populist on those terms, I believe that the song is no longer mine anyway. I like to process the dispossession that happens when you play something live. I don't have a clue as to how these songs are going to plan out, whether they're going to be on a record. I don't know yet.
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Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, Man Gets Married!
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For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Since I've had a son, I want to be around to see him grow up.
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My workouts include aerobic exercise for a healthy cardiovascular system; strength training to maintain muscle tone and bone density; core strength exercise for a stable mid-section; and stretching to maintain mobility.
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The best way to meditate is through meditation itself.
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No person is perfect. I haven't, thank God, had any infidelity issues. But you can't say what you won't ever do. And you can't say that you won't have forgiveness in your heart if there were to be an issue like that.
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I don't know that I'd call myself an optimist.
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Over the years, Forgotten Realms and gaming have taken me all over the world and made me all sorts of new friends.
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When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony.
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What I'm after is something different than supplying people with the idea that I'm writing an important play.
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Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.
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I think, as a woman in action in the business, you would be stupid not to express interest. Any female action role that presents itself as an opportunity I would throw myself at!
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I think it's particularly stupid that filmmakers have traditionally said, 'Yeah, I like baseball, but the movie's not going to be about the intricacies of the game.' I mean, you wouldn't cast an overweight guy with stubble if you were doing a ballet film.
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Responsibility for the proper conduct of children was not confined to their parents only. When they misbehaved, they misbehaved against the community. And a senior member of the community was expected to do something about it.
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Mutations can arise anywhere in the genome, in gene DNA and noncoding DNA alike. But mutations to genes have bigger consequences: They can disable proteins and kill a creature.
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My whole life, I've been trying to make people proud.
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I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it!
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All it takes is one drink to mess with the way you drive - it clouds your judgment and slows your reflexes. Don't take any chances. It just isn't worth it.
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Unsatisfied desire is the characteristic feature of human life. That is the common fact out of which both pessimism and optimism are constructed. Dwell on the impossibility of ever getting a state of complete and permanent satisfaction with what you have, and you become a pessimist. Dwell on the opportunity for endless growth and conquest which this same fact makes possible, and you become an optimist.
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For the first five years of my life, things felt pretty good. A lot went wrong after that, family-wise.
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Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid.
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Words originating from the verb 'to die' were frequently used when I described my initial plans to determine the ribosome structure.
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I'm not beholden to the public, and neither are the public beholden to me or my songs. I'm very much of a populist on those terms, I believe that the song is no longer mine anyway. I like to process the dispossession that happens when you play something live. I don't have a clue as to how these songs are going to plan out, whether they're going to be on a record. I don't know yet.
