Al Jourgensen (Allen David Jourgensen) Quotes
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I think 'North by Northwest' and 'Rope' and Rear Window' and 'Psycho' are on my list of favorite all time movies. I just think his kind of command as a director was almost unparalleled, and I feel like in certain ways the sort of character-based thriller owes more to Hitchcock than anyone.
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I don't think I could think of a single thing that's more isolating than being famous.
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I'm a bit of a 'Throny,' as I think the 'Game of Thrones' fans refer to themselves.
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People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
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What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.
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I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.
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I think, in the early years, my biggest influences would have been... Daft Punk was a huge one for me, I bought their main record when I was nine; at a young age, I was into music. The Prodigy, Gorillaz were big ones.
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I don't think I'm going to become Brad Pitt overnight, but I presume if walk down Oxford Street, there is a chance someone might clock me.
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If I see someone doing a new sport, I usually like to throw myself into it, and I never look at it and think, 'That's something I can't do.'
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Being bi-racial and being from the country, I can talk to guys like Travis Frederick from Wisconsin and Doug Free from Wisconsin. And then I can go over and talk to Dez Bryant. I mean, think about the two different standpoints you need to have a real conversation with both, to really understand what they've been through.
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What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.
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Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.
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When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy. But when I write for adults, they have to think it's real. Every detail has to be real or they won't buy it.
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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I think higher education is over-regulated.
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I developed an optical lure that imitates certain types of bioluminescent displays that I think might be attractive to large predators. The other way to do it is just use dead bait, but I think dead bait attracts scavengers, and we wanted to attract active predators.
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I think Detroit is where muscle meets brains.
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I think eventually private enterprise will be able to send people into orbit, but I suspect initially it's going to have to be with NASA's help.
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I'm really not worried about what fans think.
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You say something stupid and the next morning you're in the headlines.
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When I came into politics I always thought there was a possibility I would be killed.
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When women and men can shed an equal quantity of tears in public, that's when we'll have equal power.
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I think people are attracted to teaching because they want to make a real impact.
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In Ministry, we've only had one message: Think for yourself.
