Paul Banks Quotes
Jeffrey Lewis sings as though absurdity were truth, and truth absurdity. And I think I agree with him.
Quotes to Explore
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Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
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I don't know how people box for a living. I don't know how they can just hurt people for a living and be OK with it.
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The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man: abjuration of force in the settlement of disputes between states; the assurance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion; the safeguarding of international peace and security.
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Americans must outgrow the unbecoming arrogance that leads us to assert that America somehow owns a monopoly on goodness and truth - a belief that leads some to view the world as but a stage on which to play out the great historical drama: the United States of America versus the Powers of Evil.
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If Casey Stengel were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave.
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Birthdays was the worst days; now we sip champagne when we're thirsty.
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And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort of philosophy that really made a tremendous amount of sense. What I liked that was missing from my experience of Christianity growing up was a sort of acceptance, a sort of being OK with being imperfect and not focusing on the sin.
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I think mobile advertising is going to be huge.
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I encourage interoffice romance.
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As the coding movement continues to grow, the common narrative of the white male geek as the predominant influencer on geek culture will erode.
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Everything that goes outside the rules of Italian cinema has always been cursed.
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No one should have to live in fear.
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I have heard Obama officials say more than once, 'You will have blood on your hands if you publish this story.'
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My grandfather was a really, really tough no-nonsense factory worker who emigrated from Ireland in about 1900 to Bridgeport, Conn. He had a big effect on me. Those guys who took a great leap out into what they knew not were the ones who were the real stars, the real heroes.
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To measure prices by a currency that is called by the same names as gold, but that is really inferior in value to gold, and then - because those prices are nominally higher than gold prices - to say that they are inflated, relatively to gold, is a perfect absurdity.
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Why an artist loves what they do is often so hard to describe.
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While they believe the pursuit of profit is important to sustaining a business, millennials also say that pursuit must be accompanied by a sense of purpose, by efforts to create innovative products or services, and, above all, by consideration of individuals as employees and members of society.
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Or if I have my head in the results, I can't work with what I have, because I'm trying to force something to happen. And with singing, any time you force it, you tighten up. If you tighten up, you're screwed, nothing will work.
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You perform at your best when you are working continually on high-priority goals and objectives.
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Love is basic for the very survival of mankind. I'm convinced that love is the only absolute ultimately; love is the highest good. He who loves has somehow discovered the meaning of ultimate reality. He who hates does not know God; he who hates has no knowledge of God. Love is the supreme unifying principle of life.
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It's important to slow down, every now and then, for no other reason than to call someone to say 'Hi.' It doesn't have to be a long conversation. Just calling out of the blue does more to let someone know you still care about them than nearly anything else.
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The scenery was very beautiful. But I did not see The Great Wall of China.
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Too long, that some may rest, tired millions toil unblest.
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Jeffrey Lewis sings as though absurdity were truth, and truth absurdity. And I think I agree with him.
