Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty (Macklemore) Quotes
I don't want to look back and be like, 'You had it all, and you weren't even present for it. You weren't able to enjoy it.' I want to be here, be now and be grateful.
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I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'
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We want to encourage people to talk to one another.
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We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA based, all in the same building, and really understands what the artists want.
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I put pressure on myself all the time. I felt it so much with 'Sax,' but I had to just let go and enjoy it.
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The planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as we've known it, is what's questionable.
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I want girls to know that equality exists in this world. You can do anything you want.
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My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen.
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I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
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There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
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The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so.
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Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible.
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Our present moment is a mystery that we are part of. Here and now is where all the wonder of life lies hidden. And make no mistake about it, to strive to live completely in the present is to strive for what already is the case.
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We do not want to turn our back on Spain. It's the opposite. We are convinced that a relationship between equals will improve our relationship.
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I'm not a trend person. I don't want to look to my right and see somebody in the same thing.
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I have a tweet that said, 'I want to be a Calvin Klein model,' and that was in 2011. And then I modeled for Calvin Klein. And then I had a tweet like, 'I wonder what it's like to be in front of thousands of fans,' and I've been in front of thousands of fans.
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I want to make 'Smackdown' the brand to watch, but beyond that main-eventing, 'WrestleMania' is the next step.
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Do what you really want to do. That's why God put you on this earth.
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I've read stories that are set in a celebrity's house, and you know where it is and what it looks like and what's inside it, and that's not something I want anyone to know.
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I don't want to be an absent mother. Otherwise, why have children?
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Everyone is their own kind of lesbian. To think there's a certain way to dress or present yourself in the world is just one more stereotype we have to fit into.
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A teetotaller is one who suffers from thirst instead of enjoying it.
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It takes the best part of a lifetime to find out what you don't want.
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The loves of men but vary in degrees-- They find no new expression for the flame.
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I don't want to look back and be like, 'You had it all, and you weren't even present for it. You weren't able to enjoy it.' I want to be here, be now and be grateful.
