Alex Kapranos Quotes
Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it's like something in them has died.
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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I think people like musicals. And when done with a modern comedic sensibility, musical comedy can be the most efficient delivery of both storytelling and jokes.
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There are two kinds of ham: raw and cooked. Raw ham is cured with salt and/or smoke over time; cooked ham is boiled. Every culture that makes ham has its own unique and various methods.
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My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can.
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The army should go back to their assigned duties, and police should take the responsibility of fighting the cartels.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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You know, rock stardom... I have a hard time discussing that because I don't really accept it. It's not really that tangible. What's really bizarre is how it's used as a thing - you know, 'He's the rock star of politics,' 'He's the rock star of quarterbacks' - like it's the greatest thing in the world.
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You have to understand your own personal DNA. Don't do things because I do them or Steve Jobs or Mark Cuban tried it. You need to know your personal brand and stay true to it.
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My bag always weighs a ton. I carry my whole bathroom with me. You never know what's going to happen in a day!
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I've always been a very prolific writer.
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To be the organization that we want to be, we have to have a place to play.
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Growing up, I always wanted to sing.
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I get really restless when I haven't worked for a day and a half. I have a recurring dream that people are lined up next to my bed, waiting for autographs and taking pictures of me!
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Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.
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If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist.
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They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail.
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I have no personal ambitions. I consider it a great privilege to have been given an opportunity to serve, through the Congress party, the people of India. I think that itself is a great reward. I have no personal ambitions in that regard.
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If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?
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Realism in foreign policy means careful consideration of all aspects pertinent to the issue, before taking a decision. This is the only way you can move from where you are to someplace else.
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It's crazy: the first black man to actually step foot in America came as a free man, as an explorer, with the Spaniards. That's something for me - as a black American, it gives me a little bit of pride because we were free and respected somewhere else before slavery became what it was.
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She stares back into me, as if we are both seeking a humanity that neither of us has.
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Be prepared and be honest.
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Come when the rains Have glazed the snow and clothed the trees with ice, While the slant sun of February pours Into the bowers a flood of light. Approach! The incrusted surface shall upbear thy steps And the broad arching portals of the grove Welcome thy entering.
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Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it's like something in them has died.
