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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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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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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I just wanted to defend football, which is not always easy to do. Those of us who have been in the sport so many years now realise we must protect it and look after it. I was speaking about football, what it means. It is our profession, it has been our lives, and we must take care of it a little.
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Once more I hear the everlasting seaBreathing beneath the mountain's fragrant breast
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There’s no doubt that there’s some folks who just really dislike me because they don’t like the idea of a black President.
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I don't think Jesus was an exclusivist. He said, and we believe, that He is the unique representation of God in the world. But that doesn't mean this is the only way God can work.
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Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.
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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.
