Al Jourgensen (Allen David Jourgensen) Quotes
I got my influences from '70s bands - Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, blah blah blah. When I was growing up, we had all these crazy bands on the Top 40. Today, if Pink Floyd released 'Money,' it wouldn't even get played.
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I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets new information, assimilates it, and changes in order the fit in with the way the world is moving. I admire that.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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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.
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I wanted to show that Martin Luther King was simply a human being, not a god, not a saint.
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
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I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now.
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Lillian Gish thought that there should be a cabinet position for the arts and I think she was right. I think she was right.
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In general, while Trump has been a master of Twitter, he has shown an aversion to, and ignorance of, technology itself.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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I always thought golf was a game reserved for the rich and the elite... But it's a misconception. It's a highly technical game, and it's a game that you can play and master alone. You require sharp skills for it, and you can play the game alone.
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Whatever storytelling muscles you've developed as a documentary filmmaker will be extremely helpful as a narrative filmmaker.
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There have been a few friends who have taught me some great lessons in life. I wouldn't like to name them. They did things that I never expected out of them that left me heart-broken. It was during these rough patches in life that they left me alone. I know now that it was only my position that they were interested in.
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Devaluations are never easy.
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Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.
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I have no people reporting to me and don't expect to. My competency is in the tech realm.
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In the high level cartoon world, my number one admired hero would be Chas Addams - really a top, top artist that the 'New Yorker' was lucky to find and employ.
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I got my influences from '70s bands - Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, blah blah blah. When I was growing up, we had all these crazy bands on the Top 40. Today, if Pink Floyd released 'Money,' it wouldn't even get played.
