Eric Voegelin Quotes
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The biggest misconception people have about me is that when they see how young I am, they think, 'Oh, this guy must have always wanted to be in politics; his parents must have been politically connected.' I'm a finance major and always intended to go into business.
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I come from not just a household but a country where the finesse of language, well-balanced sentence, structure, syntax, these things are driven into us, and my parents, bless them, are great custodians of the English language.
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Red carpets and dressing up are a part of work that I enjoy less than some people.
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Practicing is not normally fun. Sometimes people say they're practicing, but they're really just enjoying themselves and the instrument. That's not real practice.
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My little siblings keep me grounded. I'm a kid at heart.
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For me, it's a matter of balance. Living inside your head and experiencing real things - both are important.
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Nicole will come up in conversations where it's in a part of the conversation. Or we may be somewhere and I would tell some story about their mother and I. You know, we always honor her birthday.
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There's the job and then there's my family. There's very little time beyond that for friends.
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Going into my second film as a director, it's night and day of what it was like going into my first film. It doesn't matter what you know in your head and what you've been taught until you're there and doing it; it's a whole new ball game.
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I don't know why there hasn't been a 'Spy Kids' cartoon. You have to bring that up to Robert Rodriguez and see what he has to say. That would be an interesting thing to do with this series.
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I think there's something beautifully old fashioned about waiting all week then sitting down and watching something on television together. I'm generation box set, accustomed to binging on multiple episodes at a time, which is fun but quite a solitary pursuit because you do it alone.
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I've played for St. Etienne, and the fans told me I should never go to Lyon. So I didn't go.
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Which is why, in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only the works of a single composer, so that the audience could be gradually drawn into a particular creative genius' way of thinking, and could follow him.
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The main thing is, I can't stay up late partying when I'm on tour. That's not good for my voice or my health in general.
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I like the way remixes sound. Some of them are really creative.
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I continually still fight every day for my life, not only still battling mental health problems but battling multiple sclerosis, which also has depression as one of its side effects.
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Faulkner was the first novelist I read with pen and paper in hand because his technique stunned me.
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I think if you have a really big, heavy person, there's a feeling of an invisible puppeteer jerking them around in space. They don't feel like they are moving themselves.
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I still fall back a lot on my Les Paul, and there is just no getting away from a Les Paul and a hot pickup.
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Knowing that you're not alone really does make all the difference in the world.
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Ours is the first age in history which has asked the child what he would tolerate learning.
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I am looking for the human who admits his flaws Who shocks the adversary By being kinder not stronger What would that be like?
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Don't immanentize the eschaton!
