Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty (Macklemore) Quotes
I think what's wrong with the fashion world, particularly men's fashion, is the lack of creativity behind it.
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'Murder in the First' takes 12 episodes to explore the crime and the issues surrounding it, all in the hopes of answering the question, 'How did we get to this point?'
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I'm open to all the elements, I'm definitely ready to take anything on. But I don't want to jump too far into the deep end.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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We're more familiar with what economists call an English auction - prices start low and rise as people bid. However, there is also the Dutch auction, where prices start high and go lower until somebody bites. Movies are sold to the audience via a very slow Dutch auction, where each phase between price drops can last weeks or months.
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In Washington, the translation of E Pluribus Unum has been lost. The belief that we are one nation - united in purpose - caring about and for one another is no longer the practice.
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To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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Before I go to bed, I brush my teeth and take off all my makeup. I like to use Neutrogena's makeup remover wipes.
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I had no work after 'Gangster' for two years, and my sister Rangoli met with an accident that destroyed her looks. My struggle with my parents combined with the industry not accepting me made me feel alienated.
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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
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Eating is one of the great pleasures of life.
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I eat super clean and am always watching what I eat.
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It kind of varies according to what I'm doing and what my situation is, but, most of the time, I have no idea what I'm doing until the day of.
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After graduating in 1973 I went into the programming field.
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I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has caused a great deal of confusion.
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He never yelled or screamed so I felt very at home and comfortable.
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Hip-hop is the only music in the world where you can take any instrument and make it hip hop. It's anybody's music. It's what you make of it. That's for anything you do in life.
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The breakdown of the black community, in order to maintain slavery, began with the breakdown of the black family. Men and women were not legally allowed to get married because you couldn't have that kind of love. It might get in the way of the economics of slavery. Your children could be taken from you and literally sold down the river.
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I think what's wrong with the fashion world, particularly men's fashion, is the lack of creativity behind it.
