Beck (Beck Hansen) Quotes
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In Mississippi, you don't admit that you're gay. It's just an awkward thing down South, which is sad.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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In a way, I'm lucky that I was never classically trained and never went to a music college. I'm just from a normal working class family and happened to get obsessed with music as a teenager.
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I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I want to do.
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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There is that smaller world which is the stage, and that larger stage which is the world.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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I appreciate the constant evolution in refining food, but not in making food gimmicky.
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My low center of gravity allows me to defend takedowns a lot better than most people. It's very hard to get to my legs. It's going to be really hard to take me down. There are a lot of positives to being my size.
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You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
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Just wearing all black comes from Johnny Cash. I'm on the road so much that if I wear all black, my clothes never get dirty. You can't tell if I've worn the same shirt twice.
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I believe that in the long run, separation between Israel and the Palestinians is the best solution for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Recovery measures work better when they raise confidence - as Franklin D. Roosevelt understood. His fireside chats, and his inaugural address proclaiming he would fight the Great Depression with the same resolve he would muster against a foreign foe, were aimed at reassuring Americans.
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Oh, I don't have any religious beliefs.
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Nice things are nicer than nasty ones.
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I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is.
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In the studio, I'm always throwing people on different instruments.