Ian MacKaye Quotes
When someone writes a really nasty piece about me. I think they're generally untrue because I think I'm a nice person.
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One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.
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No religion makes more use of color than Hinduism, with its blue-skinned gods and peony-lipped goddesses, and even the spring festival of Holi is focused on color: Boys squirt arcs of dyed water on passersby or dump powder, all violently hued, on their marks.
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Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.
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I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because it's repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things.
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If I can put it together, I've got an opportunity to win.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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I am that guy who will say things that people seem to think is a little edgy, a little racy.
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I definitely like performing to a crowd that's there to see a female hero.
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No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.
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The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.
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Meditation is difficult for many people because their thoughts are always on some distant object or place. One form of meditation is to label the thought as it appears and then choose to let it go.
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Actually I dance really well on the floor.
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You can run, run, run away from a lot of things in life, but you can't run away from yourself. And the key to happiness is to understand and accept who you are.
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I'm always nervous doing auditions - to be honest, I hate it. I always envy the actors who are so cool and cold-blooded when they go in for an audition, especially if it's for a part that you would really love to play.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that.
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I think the biggest change has been realizing I now have three children.
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What you wish to others, God wishes to you.
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I love 'Homeland.' I think it's such a well-done, well-acted TV show.
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The supreme need of the world is peace and good will among men. It must be peace founded upon justice and fairness, the righting of past wrong, and the securing of the future as far as possible against the evils of the past.
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Try to open up your mind a little, and move away from rigid opinions of what people should do and be - unless you have been there.
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Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying, 'That's nice.'
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People would be shocked to know... that despite the nature of my TV character, I am actually a nice guy.
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When someone writes a really nasty piece about me. I think they're generally untrue because I think I'm a nice person.
