Ian MacKaye Quotes
I'm a fifth generation Washingtonian and I was born and raised here. My kid's a sixth generation Washingtonian. Honestly I wish people didn't move because I love the people of the city.
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I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.
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There's nobody on this earth who can tell you that what you're feeling is wrong. They can tell you it's different to what they're feeling.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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Mucinex were like, 'Would you like to be the Mucinex man? You sound like you're sick right now'. In each spot, they give me a little bit of room to do something strange. And in a world of fractured mediums, where there is no zeitgeist, and you get your comedy from your phone, it's all content.
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Building human-centered organizations doesn't imply a return to the paternalistic, corporate welfare practices of the 19th century. Most of us don't want to be nannied.
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I don't mind what the role is at all; I just want to play cool characters.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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The ultimate end is a nation that lies under the concept of the Declaration of Indepen dence. The Declaration of Independence is such an extraordinary statement - it was designed by people skeptical of government, local or national, but in particular national.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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Like most conservatives, my path was a bit meandering. I grew up around people who mostly held conservative or libertarian views. The liberals I knew were fairly quiet about it, or at least I don't remember it being very heavy-handed.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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A secret is a secret in my mind.
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I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is sexist, is negative.
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I've always considered myself to look like a rather plain-and-exhausted bluestocking, so it's rather odd to read Tweets commenting on my appearance.
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I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and I thought it would be really cool to write a song about a girl that's a bit of troublemaker.
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I would quite like to play a big concert as Freddie Mercury. I can't sing that great and I haven't yet found a use for the over large size of my teeth. I quite fancy a mustache like that and he was such a great showman.
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I have people say, 'I'll come to work for you for free,' and I tell my employees they have to compete with that.
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It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.
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What if we thought of health and security in retirement as one basket?
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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I'm a fifth generation Washingtonian and I was born and raised here. My kid's a sixth generation Washingtonian. Honestly I wish people didn't move because I love the people of the city.
