Alex Lemon Quotes
Poetry does need a bit of ferocity. The only way to attend to the fractured world is to write a ferocious kind of music, to sing that volatility.

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I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.
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It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
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Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
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Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people.
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In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.
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When I learned that flour pound for pound has as many calories as sugar, and that when eating pasta you're basically eating cake, I was size 23, and my neck was restricting my breathing, and so I got on a microbiotic diet and got myself an exercise bike.
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An employee who's one of hundreds, rather than one of a few, is unlikely to feel personally responsible for helping the organization adapt and change.
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Keep an eye on what your kids are seeing online. Parents need to stay involved in what their children are being exposed to. It's so important.
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Pete Seeger is a modest, unassuming, cheerful, and kind-natured man. He's a good folk singer, if you can stand folk singing. And he's such an excellent banjo player that you almost don't wish you had a pair of wire cutters.
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The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.
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You know, I have the best parents in the world and I got really, really lucky because they think that everything I do is Oscar-worthy.
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The worst mistake a woman can make is to emulate a man.
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Our intent is to operate Time Warner as it operates today, with autonomy in its divisions, including the world-class creative talent and journalists that make Time Warner a leader in entertainment and news.
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On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.
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I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.
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I have a farm and I love it there. There's really nothing to do, but even watching the chickens, its fun.
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Every community has crime and violence; it's a part of being human. This idea that black communities are more violent than others is just false. But black folks fight the hardest for our communities. Before governments do, before other people do, we're the first ones to show up. We are the first ones to fight for our lives.
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It's not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it's the most patriotic thing we can do.
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I just love entertaining. I will do anything - stand-up comedy, video games, fencing, internet shorts - I just want to keep being lucky enough to entertain people anyway I can. I try never to limit my art to a medium.
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Poetry does need a bit of ferocity. The only way to attend to the fractured world is to write a ferocious kind of music, to sing that volatility.