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.Ian MacKaye
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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.
Vera Wang -
Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art.
Yayoi Kusama -
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
Abraham Lincoln -
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.
Walter Kohn -
You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
Samuel Goldwyn -
I'm trying to sell every audience something; that something is me.
Eddy Arnold
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
Orson Welles -
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.
Madeleine Albright -
The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -
The beauty of diversification is it's about as close as you can get to a free lunch in investing.
Barry Ritholtz -
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.
Barbara Mandrell -
All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
Nancy Gibbs
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A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.
Narada Michael Walden -
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.
Patrick Stewart -
It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
Hannah Cowley -
Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.
P. J. O'Rourke -
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.
Zac Brown Band -
I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
Taraji P. Henson
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When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs.
Otis Blackwell -
I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
Nathan Bedford Forrest -
People like Busta Rhymes would say, 'Clinton Sparks doesn't do mix tapes; he does albums. He just throws albums out on the street.'
Clinton Sparks -
International socialism recognizes the right of free independent nations, with equal rights.
Karl Liebknecht -
Grace is the divine assistance or heavenly help each of us desperately needs to qualify for the celestial kingdom. Thus, the enabling power of the Atonement strengthens us to do and be good and to serve beyond our own individual desire and natural capacity.
David A. Bednar -
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.
Ian MacKaye