Ian MacKaye Quotes
What I find interesting as a 40-year-old is the idea of trying to be a part of a pronounced, continuing independent culture. The basic tenet of America is that you rebel and then you get real.
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To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance.
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Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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However, while the Nazi barbarians and their collaborators threatened the entire world, I could not accept his philosophy and, after several earlier attempts, was finally accepted into the Canadian Infantry Corps during the last year of World War II.
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You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
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I'm trying to sell every audience something; that something is me.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers.
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The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.
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The beauty of diversification is it's about as close as you can get to a free lunch in investing.
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You won't see me at a microphone singing and tapping my foot. I spend a lot of money on sets, costumes and sound. I believe people deserve a show. I'm a singer, musician, dancer. I work hard, and I'm soaking wet when I come off.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.
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Roddenberry had created quite a complex and at times mysterious character. Guarded, cautious, careful in showing his feelings in expressing his ideas about many things - I found that very interesting.
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It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
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Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.
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I really feel my family is my priority.
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I try to get away and take my motorcycle on a ride whenever I can. I'll take my bike out before the show and just cruise.
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There is no reason for anybody to have an assault weapon.
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There is very little room for humor and personality in hip-hop.
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When I left 20th Century-Fox to freelance, my agent believed that getting big money was the way to establish real importance in our industry.
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Leadership is the ability to step outside the culture to start evolutionary change processes that are more adaptive.
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Sometimes you’re feeling lucky, sometimes you’re feeling on but when you don’t start believing one day you’ll reach the sun.
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What I find interesting as a 40-year-old is the idea of trying to be a part of a pronounced, continuing independent culture. The basic tenet of America is that you rebel and then you get real.
