Matthew Thomas Skiba Quotes
The bike that I've been riding is a Big Ripper. It' an SE Racing 29" bike that Famous [Stars & Straps] did a collaboration with and Travis [Barker] gave to me. So that's the bike that I cruise around on and bunny-hop on.
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Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct.
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We expanded primarily for our people - if you don't offer more opportunities, you don't keep good people.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others.
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Life can be a bore if you're constantly walking sidewalks instead of a tightrope once in a while.
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From an early age, I had the idea that writing was truth-telling. It's on the record. Everybody can see it. Maybe it goes back to the sacred origins of literature - the holy book. There's nothing holy about it for me, but it should be serious, and it should be totally transparent.
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You learn who you really are in a fight - what you're really made of. You have to face yourself and rise above your own fears and failings.
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I think free speech is probably the coolest thing we have in this country, and again, you can label it hate speech and dismiss it, and then you're allowed to censor it.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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To me luxury is to be at home with my daughter, and the occasional massage doesn't hurt.
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I feel enough distance from the person I used to be. I'm not ashamed about my life anymore, because I've learnt from it.
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Until I got 'Full Metal Jacket,' I was doing Off-Off-Broadway plays with three people in the audience.
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Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad.
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I tried for a short time to be something I wasn't, and had no success with it. It's a practical solution to just be yourself.
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I started reading G. K. Chesterton's 'The Man Who Was Thursday' on a subway ride, almost missed my stop, and walked home thumbing pages.
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Being real is what is important.
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The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.
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The American people deserve their government to be open and accountable.
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I've always wanted to write, but coming from a small-town background - I was born and brought up in Ludhiana - you think you're not the kind of literary person who will write books that will sell. There was always a kind of defensiveness in me.
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Let it be a settled principle in our minds that the first and chief business of the Church of Christ is to preach the Gospel.
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My dream collaboration would be with someone like Bjork, Kate Bush, or even Dionne Warwick.
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The bike that I've been riding is a Big Ripper. It' an SE Racing 29" bike that Famous [Stars & Straps] did a collaboration with and Travis [Barker] gave to me. So that's the bike that I cruise around on and bunny-hop on.
