Susan Minot Quotes
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I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to feel like they know me.
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Your mind is a magnet. You don't attract what you need or what you want; you attract who you are. And I love who I am!
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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I don't think arrested-adolescent humor will fade. Maybe the form will change, but I guarantee its replacement will still be based in immature behavior from mature figures.
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I want to be my own person.
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Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since.
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At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
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And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.
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Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death.
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Success is a completely abstract thing - it has no bearing on daily life, family matters, the matter of artistic creation, but it can affect grace, and if I lose that, I really have gained nothing from success.
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My success? Being born the son of Moses Annenberg.
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Writing is a creative process, and you need to have the doors and windows of your mind open so that you have the possibility of change.
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I always say that the real success of Wine Library wasn't due to the videos I posted, but to the hours I spent talking to people online afterward, making connections and building relationships.
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My dad read the Bible ten times, and I want to do it in my lifetime. But it's definitely tough getting through.
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Maybe in music you're making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way.
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I think I'm drawn to more villain-type characters, because it's so cool to get to say all the things you want to say. In Hollywood, you get to this position where you have to bite your tongue so much. You take all your experiences of not being able to say what you really want to say, and channel that through your character.
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Sid Vicious began the age of participation in which everyone could be the artist. Sid proved that you don't have to play well to be the star. You can play badly, or not even at all. I endorsed that attitude. If you can't write songs, no problem - simply steal one and change it to your taste.
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We want everybody to be bossed up.
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I don't wear a lot of perfumey-perfumes because I think a lot of them smell like you're wearing perfume. And I don't want to smell like that.
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I've always wanted to do action and action movies. I grew up on that.
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Playing Through: Straight Talk on Hard Work, Big Dreams, and Adventures with Tiger.
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I think making friends is not being afraid to look stupid, because everyone wants a friend who is willing to be stupid and fun. If you try and be too cool, it only works in high school. After that, being uncool is a very cool thing to do. So just have fun, and don't worry what other people think of you and people will want to be your friends.
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Success did change me. You don't want it to, but it does.
