Aaron Dessner Quotes
"I'll Still Destroy You" song is lovingly talking about how we change our states of mind, whether it's weed or wine or whatever. It's an ingredient in my life. Sometimes we overindulge ourselves. I've always been okay with that in a funny way. I sing about that stuff a lot, and the dangers of it.
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I have played cricket on my own terms.
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The thing about American writers is that, as a group, they get stuck in the same idea: that we're a continent and the world falls away after us. And it's just nonsense.
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We discovered a mechanism which is like the garbage machine of the body. We need to remove damaged proteins and create new ones in their place, and we discovered the machine that does this.
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They that are intoxicated by self-conceit have interposed themselves between it and the Divine and infallible Physician. Witness how they have entangled all men, themselves included, in the mesh of their devices. They can neither discover the cause of the disease, nor have they any knowledge of the remedy.
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A weightlifter should be able to do everything and borrow things from other sports to beat competitors.
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.
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Those of us raised in modern cities tend to notice horizontal and vertical lines more quickly than lines at other orientations. In contrast, people raised in nomadic tribes do a better job noticing lines skewed at intermediate angles, since Mother Nature tends to work with a wider array of lines than most architects.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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I take my Bible with me, sometimes two of them, when I travel.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.
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Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality.
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You'd better believe that Putin sees that in Syria, Obama draws a red line and ignores the red line.
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The No. 1 cause of forest fires is trees.
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I am not going to stop speaking out on behalf of policies that I think are right - regardless of ideology, party or political expediency.
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Love is a credulous thing.
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To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.
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People want someone focused on getting the job done, not political talking points but rather solving problems.
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If you're a pioneer and you come up with something that can change the world and you turn round and say 'I'm not going to share this idea with anyone,' then you only impact the few and not the many.
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We can't always choose how we feel. We can, however, choose what we do about it, which ironically can change how we feel!
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To me, I approach a small-budget, artsy, European movie the same way as a big commercial Hollywood movie. That's the most important thing. Hollywood usually represents this big dream in people's minds, but to me, it's just hard work.
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The meanest and most hateful thing about money is that it even gives one talent.
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"I'll Still Destroy You" song is lovingly talking about how we change our states of mind, whether it's weed or wine or whatever. It's an ingredient in my life. Sometimes we overindulge ourselves. I've always been okay with that in a funny way. I sing about that stuff a lot, and the dangers of it.
