Mike Mills Quotes
My experience, with both my parents, is that grief has a lot of down, sad things, but I was also really emotionally raw, in the first year after each of them passed. Flowers smelled more intensely, my relationships were hotter, and I was more willing to risk. I was going for it a lot more. I was 'unsober' and I wasn't playing by my rules.
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Public office must not be a means to profit or become rich.
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
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The talent curve in game-making is going straight up to Heaven.
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Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni.
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Women must not shout back when their husbands come home and shout at them for any reason.
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The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.
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I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.
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I personally see myself as a musician in the first place. You know, I don't want to say I will be a producer and DJ for the rest of my life. I can totally see myself being in another band in five years, if that's what my heart and soul wants to do, if that's what will make me happy. I'm totally happy to just not DJ anymore.
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I'm process-orientated. Awards, by their nature, are results-orientated.
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I wish I were kind of normal. It would be so much more simple.
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I feel there is a big sense of accomplishment and achievement and self worth through what you do no matter what the job, no matter what you decide to dedicate your life to.
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That image is a couple different people's homes that I knew growing up.
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The Arab awakening was driven by youth, organized by technology, and fired by a hunger for political change.
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I love Lady Gaga and I love Katy Perry and R&B and rap music... I love big, American pop music.
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Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.
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When I go into the studio, I completely detach. I let my emotions come out.
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My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.
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Unrest of spirit is a mark of life.
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Love is cheering and sharing and compassion and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy or relief to anyone or anything.
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The curse of the cable industry over all these years as an operating reality is that every year the debt goes up (and) all the money generated gets reinvested, and then some.
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The voice of parents is the voice of gods, for to their children they are heaven's lieutenants.
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Our public schools need to be in the control of parents and the community, as opposed to businessmen who see the $23 billion budget as a means to giving no-bid contracts to their cronies.
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Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done.
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My experience, with both my parents, is that grief has a lot of down, sad things, but I was also really emotionally raw, in the first year after each of them passed. Flowers smelled more intensely, my relationships were hotter, and I was more willing to risk. I was going for it a lot more. I was 'unsober' and I wasn't playing by my rules.
