Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty (Macklemore) Quotes
'The more expensive the better' is kind of the American way, and if you spent $600 for a sweatshirt, then that makes it better.
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Even when I was making the first 'Paranormal Activity,' I didn't tell anyone I was making it, not my friends or neighbors or co-workers. I just kind of found that there was nothing to gain by announcing to the world that you're doing something.
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All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.
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Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful.
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I think being idle is quite hard for me to do.
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I graduated from UC San Diego, wanted to work in film to get my hands-on real experience, did music videos, TV, feature films, all kinds of stuff.
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You never know when your future wife might be in the stands.
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I don't get hung up a lot on angst.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying.
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My music is not just about entertainment. It is about enlightenment also.
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I remember a time when I was younger, when if you had to see an actor, you had to go to the theatre and watch a film.
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I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
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Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.
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I'm not Mr. Mom, but there's just certain things I won't say anymore.
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Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.
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When I go running, I see Mexicans working hard.
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I used to run away from school to my village. But later, I went to the U.S. for studies and lost touch.
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To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
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I don't know what a supermodel is. If they call me that, I might have to punch them. It's just so vain and so unreal.
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Chimes?" Phyllis asked. "Chimes to call a lover? Chimes with the voice of a bird trapped in them? Chimes that play you whatever song you most desire to hear?" "No thanks," said Nick. "We've got MTV.
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I'm not a good dancer, but I try. I don't really have the moves.
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Problem-solving becomes a very important part of our makeup as we grow into maturity or move up the corporate ladder.
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Some of my songs are about the feeling you belong somewhere else. But there's also something grounding about coming from a small town.
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'The more expensive the better' is kind of the American way, and if you spent $600 for a sweatshirt, then that makes it better.
