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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Jesus said, 'Go ... and make disciples,' not converts to your opinions.
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I just always wanted to study human behavior because every psychologist that I would talk to would tell me I was bipolar, and I know I'm not bipolar, so I had to perform a psychoanalysis on myself to find out that I have unresolved grief.
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As a comedian, I don't know if they're laughing because it's funny or if they're laughing at me because I'm not funny. And I'm thinking, 'Who cares? They're laughing.' If you go on stage, and they're laughing at you full-on for 60 minutes? You know, whatever puts them in the seats.
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Bob Weir calls me a saint, but I'm 'Saint Misbehavin'.' They're making a documentary about my life, and that's the current shooting title. I can roll with that, but otherwise the s-word makes me really paranoid.
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Each night before I go to bed, I take out a small card and write a list of the things I need to do the next day in order of their priority.
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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.
