Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty (Macklemore) Quotes
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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I've always loved to help people, young people in particular.
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With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor.
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I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.
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I did about a 100 concerts this year. All over the United States. We're cutting back next year to about 40. We generate money for an organization called Mercy Corps.
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The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
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I've found that entrepreneurial success usually comes through great execution, simply by doing a superior job of doing the blocking and tackling.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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Every training session, I try to simulate the conditions similar to where I am racing.
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What I discovered in Auschwitz is the human condition, the end point of a great adventure, where the European traveler arrived after his two-thousand-year-old moral and cultural history.
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There is no age limit on the enjoyment of sex. It keeps getting better.
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When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
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I need one psychological expert to help me concentrate.
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I've been asked too many times to write a book by the fans.
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I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.
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I appreciate the constant evolution in refining food, but not in making food gimmicky.
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There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present.
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I made the big turnaround in the early Nineties when I started hearing all the tenth generation punk bands like Green Day and Offspring and all those people. It just made me fall in love with punk again and remember my roots, and since that time I've always wanted to do more of that kind of music again.
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A lot of the films I've done have links to other movies that I've directed in the past.
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I'm confident in our resolve to make the decisions necessary to keep our country and our people safe and prosperous and I look forward to representing the citizens of Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District for the next two years.
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It's going to be impossible in the 21st century for anyone to think about anything without a Chinese aspect.
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We have to tell people who need help that it's OK to ask for it.
