Al Jourgensen (Allen David Jourgensen) Quotes
I can't control what people think of me, and I stopped really caring a long time ago.
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It was a great opportunity that I had to take - my very own theater. That comes along once in a lifetime. It doesn't even seem like 15 years ago - time sure flies by. I've really had a lot of fun with it.
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What is feminism? Simply the belief that women should be as free as men, however nuts, dim, deluded, badly dressed, fat, receding, lazy, and smug they might be.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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My mom could be pretty strict.
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Growing up, you tended to just go through school to get out, then figure out what you want to do in this big ball of mud.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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I was raised Jewish and bar mitzvahed.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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I have lifestyle requirements. Photos, meetings, lunches, dinners, facial care, tooth care. It requires an exorbitant amount of money.
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Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.
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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 was a hacker of sorts. Not a mind 'reader,' exactly; more a mind 'radar,' in tune with the workings of the aether. I could sense the nuances of dreamscapes and rogue spirits. Things outside myself. Things the average voyant wouldn't feel.
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Don't go in and tell somebody else how to run their business.
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We all grew up, our grandmothers and mothers had about three channels to watch, so we watched those soaps and now, a generation has grown up with the Internet and computers and video games.
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I love being on the road. I love that lifestyle, traveling city to city, rocking out and moving on to the next place.
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I was fiercely independent and ambitious from a very young age.
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My first memory - at about four - was of numbers. The doctors who study me think a combination of mild autism and seizures I had when I was three have made me experience numbers the way I do.
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People listen to The Beatles, but while they were muscially influential, they weren't culturally influential in quite the same way. You can go into the back of beyond in a little Indian village, and they will listen to Bob Marley. But they're not going to be listening to The Beatles or The Rolling Stones.
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I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome.
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'We Are Pop Culture' is my clothing line for women that started with just T-shirts. The clothing line is urban street wear. It's for women that feel confident in their own skin and want to express themselves. The whole idea is to play with modern pop culture and previous pop culture using art and sayings.
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I can't control what people think of me, and I stopped really caring a long time ago.
