Mac DeMarco Quotes
I was having a good time before, but you grow up after a couple years and realize, "I can't get drunk like this every night." Things change.
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of nations.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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Everybody has to agree that the best thing we can do to start reducing the deficit in this country is to put people back to work.
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The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great.
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It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.
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The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union disposed of indestructible States.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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On June 23, 1864, Ambrose Bierce was in command of a skirmish line of Union soldiers at Kennesaw Mountain in northern Georgia. He'd been a soldier for three years and, in that time, had been commended by his superiors for his efficiency and bravery during battle.
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If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
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The homosexual community has more acceptance in America than it ever has, and the suicide rate is as high as it's always been.
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Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on Earth. Because producing it consumes so much energy, a gallon of tar sands crude generates 17 percent more carbon pollution than conventional crude oil.
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Some people are enraged, and some people are applauding. If there were a mission statement for graffiti, that would be it.
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I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.
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The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano.
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Apartheid is inherently a practice of violence.
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I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of 'Family Ties' between Monday and Friday.
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I actually was the captain of the football team. I went to Catalina Foothills High School, and I played football all four years. I started on Varsity my sophomore year, and senior year I was captain.
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I met a lot of great people in Saudi Arabia and I'd like to see them again. And I'd love to spend more time in the desert and in the mountains. I felt really at home there.
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The problem a lot of writers have is that they really enjoy people saying, "You're brilliant." They let their self-perception be dictated by reader response. But if you're going to let other people make you feel good, you're going to end up feeling bad when they say the opposite. You've got to be a cultural stoic. Then you won't be devastated by people who respond negatively. Of course, the downside is that it sort of stops you from being able to enjoy people liking your work.
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Two years ago I hadn't even thought of the Woman in White, and I was doing a television show and I said I hadn't found a story and the next day somebody rang me and said have you ever thought of the Woman in White.
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Well, I'm a consumer as well. I go to the movies with my popcorn and believe everything I see.
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I am open and respect everyone's religious and spiritual choices because at the end of the day, in my opinion, I hope that we are all praying to the same God.
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I was having a good time before, but you grow up after a couple years and realize, "I can't get drunk like this every night." Things change.
