Thurston Moore Quotes

Every now and again, the alternative culture is cherished by the mainstream for what it is, rather than how it should be, like the mainstream popular music.

Thurston Moore Sonic Youth

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• I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.

  

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• I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.

  

  Vikas Swarup
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• I really enjoy dancing. When there's music around, I can't help it; I start dancing, especially when I'm with friends.

  

  Cameron Monaghan
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• You mustn't upstage the bride.

  

  Ian Mckellen
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• I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.

  

  Kara DioGuardi
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• I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.

  

  Ted Danson
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• From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

  

  Karl Marx
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• Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it.

  

  Vin Diesel
  • Story
  • Idea
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• Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • Art
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  • Shadows

• When liberty returns, I will return.

  

  Victor Hugo
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• As a young girl I think I wanted to be a horse woman. I loved horses.

  

  Karen Hughes
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• I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.

  

  Aaron Paul
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• I think I am less of a prankster and more of a jokester.

  

  Taye Diggs
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• Television is what it's always been. The best of times and the worst of times at the same time.

  

  Gary David Goldberg
  • Time
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• It was probably my parents who inspired me most. My father was a scientist and answered my scientific questions, while my mother took me on walks and showed me birds and plants. She also took me out at night and showed me the constellations and the aurora.

  

  Nancy Roman
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• I enjoy every role I do.

  

  Ian McShane
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• I don't like when I look too cluttered.

  

  Felicity Jones
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• I think I've interviewed probably 1,500 people in my 24-year business career.

  

  Dan Gilbert
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• For a while, he was far better than the team around him, and he could give me fits..

  

  Yogi Berra
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• The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Hand
  • Eye
  • Bored

• The fact that you are willing to say, 'I do not understand, and it is fine,' is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • You
  • Understanding
  • Greatest

• I've got to take care of the knee to finish the season healthy.

  

  Asdrubal Cabrera

• Why are there no clouds in the sky? ... 'Cause God wants to watch his favorite band again!

  

  Tré Cool Green Day
  • God
  • Band
  • Watch

• Every now and again, the alternative culture is cherished by the mainstream for what it is, rather than how it should be, like the mainstream popular music.

  

  Thurston Moore Sonic Youth
  • Music
  • Culture
  • Mainstream