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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Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide.
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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 know what women want. They want to be beautiful.
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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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I want to direct every now and then, but I don't want to be a director.
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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 want to look good when people see me.
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The air of the English is down-to-earth. They care about details; there's a tradition, but there's also a counter-culture: the younger generation versus the older generation and so on. But then that's well blended into a happy balance and crystallised into common sense.
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I was at Mount Tamalpais near San Francisco hiking when a boulder came hurling down the mountainside and smashed my left hand. When I looked at my mangled bloody fingers, I had a strange reaction. 'Thank God I will never have to play again,' I said. The fact is that dedication to one's art does involve a sort of enslavement.
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I like having the digital camera on my smart phone, but I also like having a dedicated camera for when I want to take real pictures.
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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.
