Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty (Macklemore) Quotes
Sampling is kind of prehistoric, given the technology and the textures you can create.
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I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it, and I feel guilty saying that, but it's the truth. I love my work, but it ain't easy.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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We have lost the idea that something can be secret because it is valuable, not because it's shameful. If you share everything with everybody, what have you got for yourself? I tweet and I blog, but I save a lot for myself. Not because I am ashamed.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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Time is generally the best doctor.
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I love my headscarf. I wear my head wrap every day with my hoop earrings.
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The great thing about baseball is there's a crisis every day.
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You have to actually be weighted to something to do the moonwalk, you know.
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I don't think I'm anti-Israeli.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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I've never been good at meditation, but surfing is the closest I've ever come to that inner something.
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Cows are gentle, interesting animals.
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Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
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If you stop one terror attack in the U.S., it may be connected to multiple other plots out there that are connected. If you reveal that you stopped one plot, it may tip our hand.
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I kept on hearing the voice of God saying if you are going to be the minister that your mom mentioned... then you have to act. My pulpit is acting.
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When men or women make their work their top priority and become hostile to the normal, natural needs of their children and spouse - obviously, something is wrong.
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When you're a big money earner and your husband isn't, it makes you question how feminine you are. I felt I was less feminine than if I was a supporting wife, or a second fiddle, or 'Mrs. Higgins.'
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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A Grammy is really nice, but having lots of fans is really nice, too. I think just getting a record out is a success on its own.
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On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.
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My family and I have a little joke that if I'm feeling particularly blue, and nobody cares about me, I should just go to the airport! That is where I am most recognized.
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I've done a lot of Super Bowls and appeared in a lot of big, big events and places and the Masters and what have you, but there was nothing as intimidating as speaking with Billy Graham.
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Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them.
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Sampling is kind of prehistoric, given the technology and the textures you can create.
