Sufjan Stevens Quotes
Public school felt like prison - cinderblock walls, fluorescent lights, metal lockers. It was so sterile and unstimulating.
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We overvalue the arts in relation to the sciences.
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I do get approached occasionally, but not a ton. I'm unrecognizable because I'm coated in cat hair and sweat. And there's a sort of yeti quality to my presence... so I don't think that people can see the face.
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It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.
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As Governor, I've worked to solve problems the New Hampshire way - bringing together Democrats, Republicans and Independents to help hard-working Granite Staters adapt to our changing economy so that everyone has the opportunity to get ahead and stay ahead.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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I moved out when I was 17 to get away from a pretty tough and difficult family environment.
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How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?
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You've got to keep pushing, keep driving, because in this business, you're going to hear 'no' a lot more than you hear 'yes.'
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By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.
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You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.
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I love ensemble work. I love making pieces and building things together.
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I love coming to London and seeing what people on the street are wearing.
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I've already fought my share. God gave me a rich, eventful career, and I thank God for everything, but I'm done fighting.
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To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending.
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I won't be making any friends in the corporate suites.
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My dad's a bodybuilder. My whole life I've been taught to train the hard way. I believe in earning strength, not buying it. My grandfather raised me old school: In baseball, you work for whatever you get.
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Luckily, West End audiences seem to rather like very old people.
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Oh, the cat I worked with on 'Game of Thrones' was so badly behaved! It would never do anything it was supposed to do. I was like, 'Get your game together, cat. You're so bad.'
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I struggled with being in the public eye, losing my anonymity when my star rose quickly in the late 90's. But I need the challenge of showing up and getting up there to spill my guts and connect with my loyal folks.
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I think prejudice has gotten to a point where a lot of people hold biases in their mind and don't even realize that they're doing it, because it's deeply ingrained in the fabric of what it means to be an American.
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I think the price of the food can totally alter the perception of it. If I know something is expensive and the ambience is fancy, the food just invariably tastes a little better - and I feel like I'm getting away with something. But I'm also bored by most 'fancy' food.
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When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.
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Snowboarding requires lower-body strength.
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Public school felt like prison - cinderblock walls, fluorescent lights, metal lockers. It was so sterile and unstimulating.
