Colin Meloy Quotes
Living in war, and being a wartime band, I don't think there's any way that can't somehow influence the songwriting.
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The virtues of the blockchain is that it would be that it's peer-to-peer settlement - no centralized settlement, no manipulation... And most importantly, there's nothing to capture. It's consensus based. It's stateless.
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Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Are you loving having these great iconic stories back as much as I am? 'One Life' is back in action and I love putting my 'Blair on' again.
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I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
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All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.
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There is a clear link between illegal migrants coming to Europe and the spread of terrorism.
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It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.
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But because our organization has grown so much and in so many different ways, the delegation process places responsibility and authority on the shoulders of people you can watch grow and watch the way they treat others.
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When people see what I have now, they have no idea of where I came from and how I didn't have anything growing up.
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Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
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They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed me.
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How can a guy talk about $20 or $30 million if he's never even made $8 or $9 million?
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What's Buffy got? A wooden stake, some garlic. Xena has a full arsenal of weapons.
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There are three things that people pick up on the instant they walk into your home on Thanksgiving. They will be able to feel the human energy. They'll smell the food. And they will see, instantly, the table.
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I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability.
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I can't believe that women have got to put on so much in the morning. What time do women wake up? Man, I put a t-shirt and jeans on, and that's it.
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The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.
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The best thing you've got going for you is individuality.
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I had always been kind of obsessed with making a home of my own and was always drawing rooms that I wanted to live in, down to pictures on the wall and the faces that would be in the photographs.
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A painter is somebody who sees. I paint the moment when I set out. When I set out to see. And it’s the same thing for the viewer. When he approaches the canvas, he is advancing towards an encounter. The encounter with vision.
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If I were to give advice to someone that just started a band and how to get someone's attention, you've gotta have a central hub. For us, it was Columbus, Ohio.
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Living in war, and being a wartime band, I don't think there's any way that can't somehow influence the songwriting.
