Ian MacKaye Quotes

The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again.

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• When things happen - you ask yourself why today, why not tomorrow, why not yesterday? That's the most amazing thing about time.

  

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• My wife and I were both very engaged in trying to defeat Trump. We knocked on doors in three states.

  

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• The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.

  

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• The best lesson I was given is that all of life teaches, especially if we have that expectation.

  

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• We're more interested in someone writing a really great answer that's going to be read by thousands or tens of thousands of people over the next few years as it stays on Quora and as it gets distributed on the Internet.

  

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• I believe the old boys' network is a powerful one. No one gives up power and privilege willingly, do they?

  

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• My life as Mrs. Leo Durocher and baseball come first.

  

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• Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.

  

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• My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.

  

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• My time at Shell was a most valuable experience because it taught me to look at the world in a long-term way. Shell takes a 20-year view on events and plans for different scenarios. It makes you see the world as a kind of large matrix.

  

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• Every time, I try to make something different.

  

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• I just don't consider myself to be, you know, an American actor. I don't want that life.

  

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• I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.

  

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• Everything has become so easy. It's great that it's at your fingertips, but I miss those good old days. And we're connected, but it can be very alienating. There is this distance between all of us because we're speaking to each other through cameras and monitors and icons and Emojis.

  

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• The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again.

  

  Ian MacKaye
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