Rex Orange County Quotes
The moment you start thinking about what other people and other artists think, you're going to start writing like other people.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.
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I fight because I like challenges.
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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a unique and biologically special place that should be preserved.
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Fitness has always been one of the top priorities in my life because that's the way I grew up, with soccer being the sport of choice.
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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My priorities are making sure we reduce class size and close the achievement gap.
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I admired the work ethic of the cowboys I read about. The idea of these young people taking on this much responsibility was impressive. I would like modern readers to have an appreciation of this.
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Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous.
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The perils of duck hunting are great - especially for the duck.
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I like being involved in interesting and creative things. I'd just rather be involved in creating it, rather than being in it.
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We want to challenge the established ideas with new ideas.
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I think often, and never without a certain fear of Nessim's love for Justine. - It coloured his unhappiness with a kind of ecstasy - Yet one touch of humour would have saved him from such dreadful comprehensive suffering.
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I thought: 'Gosh, it really has been worth the wait.' And I think had I gone with Evita, I probably wouldn't have been ready to deal with it. It was just the most perfect time to go with that particular show.
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I've got the best of all worlds. It's every actor's dream to wake up in New York City and go to an acting job rather than to a restaurant to wash dirty dishes. And I live so close to the studios that I ride my bike to work.
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I think you can't really beat Bob Marley, especially the stuff he was doing with Lee Perry. Just that kind of clubby and dark and crazy stuff, even with the Wailers... Some of the songwriting was phenomenal.
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I know I have a responsibility as a role model to children and I try to fulfill that.
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I love my friends and family, but I also love it when they can't find me and I can spend all day reading or walking all alone, in silence, eight thousand miles away from everyone. All alone and unreachable in a foreign country is one my most favorite possible things to be.
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I'm very keenly aware that there aren't very many women writing literary fiction in Ireland and so that gives me a sense that what I say matters, in some small way.
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Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs.
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At this moment, by an undeserved stroke of fortune, I am the direct voice of the poets of my race and the indirect voice for the noble Spanish and Portuguese tongues.
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Icon. What is an icon? When someone is iconic it means they have established a certain kind of legacy possibly, and I think it does come with time. It's something in the arts, I feel. Maybe not, maybe it doesn't have to be in the arts exactly. I'm not really sure. But I don't think you are born an icon.
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The daily struggle does not arise from a purpose or a program, but from an immediate need.
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The moment you start thinking about what other people and other artists think, you're going to start writing like other people.
