Sufjan Stevens Quotes
Life is all about toiling and labor. But obviously I get great joy in confronting challenge and taking risk.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality.
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.
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Even the most left-wing politicians worship wealth creation - as the political-action-committee collection plate is passed.
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I was lucky enough to go to an all-boys prep school in upstate New York that had a film program, so we had access to 16mm Bolex cameras, Nagra sound recorders, Arriflex cameras. We even had an Oxberry animation stand!
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I don't worry about chemicals. There are enough chemicals entering my body through all the fizzy drinks I consume to worry if my lip balm is 100 per cent organic.
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My job was to build, and that's still my job - and I like that better than interviews.
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Whatever you are, you have the right to get married.
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Mozambique and Zimbabwe must bring into being a new force in Malawi. We must not allow South Africa to set the course in Malawi... The victory is being planned... It demands cold-bloodedness.
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(On airplane etiquette) Although reclining your seat is technically your right, just like free speech if you exercise it to your limits everyone around you will think you're an asshole. 18
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You say I look goofy? OK, great. You say it's comedy? Great. Whatever anyone thought, I didn't care. Could be goony, could be sexy, could be stupid, could be cool. I didn't know, but as long as it was something, you know?
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Supermodels, like we once were, don't exist any more.
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Imagination comes of not having things.
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I had a very simple life growing up in the farm country outside of Perugia, and biscotti and warm milk with a tiny bit of coffee were a big part of my morning ritual before walking to school.
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When the first fossils began to be found in eastern Africa, in the late 1950s, I thought, what a wonderful marriage this was, biology and anthropology. I was around 16 years old when I made this particular choice of academic pursuit.
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Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement... for transfiguration, not for the sake of play.
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For me, being Italian, I love pizza. Particularly from Naples. I am obsessed.
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I still live, I still think: I still have to live, for I still have to think.
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I think the Social Office is really the office where East meets West. For those that don't know, the East side is typically the First Lady's side of the house. The West side is typically the President's side of the house.
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You're not a rock n' roll person four hours a day or even when you're on stage. It's become the rhythm of your whole life.
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Life is all about toiling and labor. But obviously I get great joy in confronting challenge and taking risk.
