David Grubbs Quotes
The word "archive" seems so reassuring, but I'm not sure about these things that are now being called archives. Is anything lost by the fact that the word has come to mean so many more things.
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I need to eat a lot; otherwise, I feel faint. I get in the worst moods if I don't eat.
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Dramas make me laugh. The other day, I saw 'The Place Beyond the Pines,' and I was giggling the whole time. I laugh when I'm uncomfortable.
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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened. I'm a part of the music that happened. My voice is one more instrument, is what it is. So that's the way I feel about people who play on sessions.
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Badminton is not a popular sport in India.
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Even among those who I would not count as 'friends,' I have met many people online who have simply commented on my work or are interested by what I do.
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I never was in the Nation of Islam... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God. You know, going to the mosque, the ritual and the tradition, it's just not in me to do. So I don't do it.
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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
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Something interesting has happened over the last 10 years in the Premier League. Players who once would have been discarded as expensive and too old have become important parts of title-winning squads.
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I was always the type of person that whenever I started something I finished it. And, I was always held accountable for my actions.
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Let's say you need a perfectly obedient servant who never gets tired, never needs to be paid, and is virtually indestructible. If you're in a galaxy a long time ago and far, far away, you'll just fly off to the local droid auction and pick up one of those shiny gold models with lovely manners.
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Life is about love and experience and learning and evolving and I am richer and thankful for all of the experiences in my life.
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We take comfort, however, that mystery is not a synonym for contradiction.
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It was the first airplane . . . that could make money just by hauling passengers.
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I am exhausted by trying to get along with the Lord.
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Walk through life eager and open to self-improvement and that which is going to best help you evolve, because that's really why we're here - to evolve as human beings.
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Party politics divides friendships sometimes.
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The things one feels absolutely certain about are never true. That is the fatality of faith, and the lesson of romance.
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If a person will spend one hour a day on the same subject for five years, that person will be an expert on that subject.
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I remain convinced that pardoning Nixon was the right thing to do.
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Some things are just really difficult to do. That's what I find hard. I usually can find a way to do a character to make it real and work. But sometimes it's a struggle sustaining that, because there's such a level of personal involvement and personal, physical, and emotional distraughtness.
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Everyday is another chance to get things right.
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Regular people don't even realize how much artists mean to them. Artists represent a lot to the average person. People listen to music all day on their iPods, so as artists, we become a real fixture in people's lives. As an artist, you can't take it personal. It's like your big brother teasing you.
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The word "archive" seems so reassuring, but I'm not sure about these things that are now being called archives. Is anything lost by the fact that the word has come to mean so many more things.
