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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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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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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I love 'Homeland.' I think it's such a well-done, well-acted TV show.
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My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages.
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You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.
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Isn't it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?
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It is my contention that ritual begins at home, in domestic magic.
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Even a low-budget film costs way more money than a high-priced record. So, it's mo' money, mo' problems. When you have more money, it just creates more people trying to get involved and you have more trouble.
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If you like a story that's totally different and won't know which way it's going... where it's go ing to end up and which way it's going to take you, then I think my work fits the bill.
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What's really good is that there are people making stories and writing them and the vast majority never see the light of day and it doesn't matter a fig.
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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.
