Ian MacKaye Quotes
Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something different, but all coming at it in a similar vein inasmuch as it's always community based and for the most part nonprofit. Most bands don't ever come within a mile of profit - clearly these people are not playing music to make money.
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I got an offer in 1992 to buy a major-league team. I turned down the offer because I don't want my love of the game to involve business.
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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Whatever your political affiliation may be, whether you are a conservative or liberal, we should all be bound by the belief that we need to support the troops.
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I'd love to play Moon Knight. I don't know if anybody's doing a Moon Knight animated series any time soon.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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I couldn't follow nobody's rules.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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Anytime you get to work with an actor who is beyond you in experience and talent, I feel like they make you a better actor. You really bring up your game.
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Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.
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When the Bible was first published, bathhouses were mandatory, no one could read, and only the people in the Church could write.
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God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.
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I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.
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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
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I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.
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My father was overbearing. Very controlling. He was always the way he is, even before my success. He was not always a good person. He'd play mind games to make sure I knew my place. I don't see him, which is unfortunate. But I don't have any desire to see him. I vaguely know where he is, and I don't want to know.
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My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child.
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Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.
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Some colleagues have said they would not be very keen on working with me, but I am sure these things were said in the heat of the moment.
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Magic frightens people almost as much as it intrigues them.
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A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.
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Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something different, but all coming at it in a similar vein inasmuch as it's always community based and for the most part nonprofit. Most bands don't ever come within a mile of profit - clearly these people are not playing music to make money.
