Ian MacKaye Quotes
I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it to provide for their welfare, you're not beholden to anyone.
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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.
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Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
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I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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I wouldn't mind going somewhere and taking a president position and signing acts and taking the attention off of me and taking what I've learned in my career and applying that to another person's.
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For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementary techniques like physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga and massage. I appreciate this because I truly believe medical care should address the person as a whole - their mind, body, and spirit.
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I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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Death always seems to be around me.
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Food is fuel and not a solution to anything other than giving your body nutrients. I love chocolate like the next girl, but it's not going to change my situation.
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The systematic dismantling of reproductive rights, much like the takedown of collective bargaining, has been taking place in full view.
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I think when you're making an album, as the songs are piling up, one of the good things about it is that you will often write the song that you need.
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If you broke down my technique, it wouldn't really take a rocket scientist to do so.
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You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy.
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People still create limitations and laws for women. But every woman deserves to choose her own path.
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I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it to provide for their welfare, you're not beholden to anyone.
