Beck (Beck Hansen) Quotes
Our whole culture in this country now is so conformist. I don't even meet that many freaks any more.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.
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I love the quality of TIDAL. I appreciate what they're trying to do and what they're trying to accomplish.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work.
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I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the stained-glass windows of a synagogue - bring my father back to me as surely as if he were sitting next to me, my head pressed against his shoulder.
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Two days after returning from Montreal, I was training again, and I went on to win two more golds at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.
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People try to change too much at once and it becomes overwhelming, and they end up falling off the program. So gradually changing bad habits makes much more of a difference than trying to change them all at once.
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I'm really Wallace Beery in 'The Champ.'
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The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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Blaming mother is just a negative way of clinging to her still.
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It's always been based around the song, and guitar-playing in the service of the song... The sensibility is about songs. I like to think of it as kind of 'refined primitive.'
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There's a lot of directors who were actors, so they have the sensibility of an actor, which sometimes helps.
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If there is any message in the 'Wimpy Kid' books, it is that reading can be and should be fun. As an adult reader, when I see an obvious moral lesson to be taught, I run in the other direction... Kids can sniff out an adult agenda from an early age. I'm writing for entertainment, not to impress literary judges.
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Film, you get to go to other locations and live the culture for a little while. You also form a strong bond with your cast, which is a lot of fun. Plus, you only have to live with the character for a couple months at a time.
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Our whole culture in this country now is so conformist. I don't even meet that many freaks any more.
