Anton Cermak Quotes
He doesn't like my name... Of course we couldn't all come over on the Mayflower... But I got here as soon as I could, and I never wanted to go back, because to me it is a great privilege to be an American citizen.
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I think it's more important than ever to be as vocal as I can be about things I believe in outside of music.
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A handicap is like trying to race and you have a ten pound weight stuck to your waist. That is a handicap.
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I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.
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All I ever wanted to be was president of the American League.
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The civil rights fight was a very important fight.
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The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.
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When you write songs for your best friends and maybe two other people to hear, and then realize that a million other people are going to hear them, it can be a bit worrying. You get concerned about what you might reveal.
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There is racism all over the United States. Most Southerners I know, we definitely find ourselves defending our heritage.
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IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.
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I curate my T.V.-watching quite carefully.
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My sister is an ER doctor, and my brother is a teacher.
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You gotta give everybody a new trend a new wave, something new to do.
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Horses are in our DNA. We used them way before cars for commuting.
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When I was 5, I wore a tie, and I wanted to change my name to Larry, which probably tipped my parents off that I was gay.
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I was a happy person before marriage. I'm definitely happier after marriage.
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Clothes are interesting and they're there to be played with. I like the idea of costume rather than fashion.
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To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.
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Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.
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When you write about sports, you're allowed to engage in mischief. Nothing is at stake.
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Our original name was Wild Country, but when we first went to The Bowery, they had the name of all 50 states around the edge of the club, so we went to the sign that said 'Alabama' and stuck our band name underneath it.
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But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to be secondary characters. There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you'll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer.
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I felt like the world of baseball in 1919 was much closer to what A-ball would be now - guys riding buses, there's no training staff, and there's a lot of paranoia.
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I'm such a maniac. Where wayne at, I'm tryna get sum brainiac.
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He doesn't like my name... Of course we couldn't all come over on the Mayflower... But I got here as soon as I could, and I never wanted to go back, because to me it is a great privilege to be an American citizen.
