Al Jourgensen (Allen David Jourgensen) Quotes
It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so they can sell records.
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The first step... shall be to lose the way.
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My credentials, briefly: I no longer go to church or believe in God, but I can still name every one of the fruits of the Spirit and reeled for days upon hearing the announcement that Audio Adrenaline was reunited with one of the singers from DC Talk.
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If I had a choice, I'd rather be admired less and have my husband tormented less. I'd prefer that people concentrate on a fair assessment of him and his Presidency.
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Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to reality, but not reality itself.
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When you have both parties who will not find ways to compromise, who won't meet in the middle, you have paralysis. It's the perversion of idealism.
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People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.
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I have to entertain, because if I don't entertain you, you're not going to continue reading. But if I'm not out to enlighten, or change your mind about something, or change your behavior, then I really don't want to take the journey.
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By understanding and harnessing the forces that drive human behavior, you can create a self-sustaining philanthropic effort that reaches millions of people. It begins with an entrepreneurial attitude: take an idea and execute on that idea. If it doesn't work, learn why and build on what you've learned.
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The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.
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It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, 'Have you heard this new artist, or this new guitar player?' It keeps you reaching.
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I'm very unpopular for my dislike of this food, but I've never liked avocado. Everyone gives me so much flack for it because they tell me how healthy it is for me, how delicious it is. I don't like it, but it's not for lack of trying. I tried to like it, and it's just not my thing.
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Outlining is like putting on training wheels. It gives me the courage to write, but we always go off the outline.
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My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.
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I live on a ranch that's larger than Manhattan. That's a weird circumstance.
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Everything bad that has ever happened to me has been caused by agents or lawyers.
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I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it's doable.
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I believe that women should be treated just like men.
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Terrorists convince thousands of people to kill themselves in the name of God. I can't convince two of my friends to help me move.
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'One Tree Hill' will always be very, very special to me. It was my first television show. And my first gig in the business. It was surreal. I booked the role when I was 13. I had just started high school, and literally, I think, a week into high school, I found out I got the role. It was unimaginable! I learned so much from that show.
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As filmmakers, we are interested in unique voices.
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The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
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It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so they can sell records.
