Ian MacKaye Quotes
Columbia Heights was a poor, messed up area, and the church was in the middle of it. What happened inside was a reflection of the community. I actually saw my first rock concert on the altar of that church [St. Stephen's].
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.
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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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I wanted to show that Martin Luther King was simply a human being, not a god, not a saint.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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Schizophrenia beats dining alone.
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I almost took a job in Italy. It was really a great opportunity, but they didn't think I had enough international experience.
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I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting.
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You must never throw away things that are worth good money.
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A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
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The quality of TV, I think, is at an all-time high. The problem with it is the way that we end up consuming it - generally a cable box. A satellite receiver is, to me, nothing more than a glorified VCR.
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I'm a huge Wong Kar-Wai fan.
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I always want to work on things that really scare me and interest me at the same time, and you know, I definitely had some projects in the past that did that, but the stars never aligned in getting them up. So 'Lion' was another project that really interested me, and the stars did align on this one. It just happened to be my first film!
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I've worked so hard for so long, and everyone's reaction has made me feel like... almost like they trust me, which is just a wonderful feeling. It pushes me to write things better and better.
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I'm a real romantic.
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I pride myself on my personilty and not my looks because one day, I will be old and crusty with a moustache, and someone is going to love me for my personality and not looks. So whoever is going to marry me is going to laugh till he dies.
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Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.
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We can't live any more in a world which is based on stuff and not ideas. If you want to live with the world of stuff, we're all doomed.
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Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
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I'm a big person when it comes to doing what you believe in.
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Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you're happy... Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.
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At its best, life is completely unpredictable.
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Columbia Heights was a poor, messed up area, and the church was in the middle of it. What happened inside was a reflection of the community. I actually saw my first rock concert on the altar of that church [St. Stephen's].
