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 pretty much built a band out of the most incredible guys I could possibly find. I didn't really want a six-piece band, but it just ended up being a six-piece band because these guys are all awesome.
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It is better to suffer an injustice than to commit one.
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Bob Dylan is great. I've been compared to him a lot. I think when people see a person on stage with a guitar they just think, 'Bob Dylan!'
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Not only is fur cruel, it's also totally gross. I mean, who wants to wear the skin of an abused animal? Not me!
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I spent my entire experience with Gary on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy staring at him and not returning any lines because I think he's God. The second time on The Dark Knight Rises I was playing God, so I ignored him. Kicked him a bit, that kind of thing. Gary Oldman is one of my heroes, I did nothing but glean from him.
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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.
