Michael Stipe (John Michael Stipe) Quotes
I was born in Georgia. That's where my grandparents-and all my people-are from. But my family traveled a great deal because my dad was in the army as a helicopter pilot.
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I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
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Comparing in the past years, Tamyra Gray and everyone else that didn't win but their careers are doing well.
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I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
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I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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The clash of civilizations or the clash between Islam and the West may be cliches. But there is an even bigger cliche around: that this clash actually goes on within Islam, between reformists and fanatics.
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I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17.
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I don't think there is much value in trying to use the moon as a base to go to Mars. That's going into one gravity belt and having to get back out of it again. And the moon doesn't have a lot to offer as a resource base.
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Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.
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The one way to discover about aliens is to tune your radio telescope and listen to the signals.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.
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I use more makeup now then I did before. I didn't use to wear really that much, and I didn't know how to do makeup, but now I know how to do it a bit more. I can do eyes and makeup in general more. I do like my own lipstick as well.
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Well, the big products in electronics in the '50s were radio and television. The first big computers were just beginning to come in and represented the most logical market for us to work in.
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The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.
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My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.
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Some taxpayers may object to a print journalism bailout on the grounds that it mostly benefits the liberal elite. And we can't blame taxpayers for being reluctant to subsidize the reportorial careers of J-school twerps who should have joined the Peace Corps and gone to Africa to 'speak truth to power' to Robert Mugabe.
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This means a lot. I'm being recognized for all the blood, sweat and tears I put into a 17-year career.
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I had never thought of my career as going in the direction that it did, as far as fan response was concerned.
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I have an interest in languages and make an effort to learn.
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I'm not saying I'm a family guy, but maybe that's what people see in me: some kind of paternal quality.
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I was born in Georgia. That's where my grandparents-and all my people-are from. But my family traveled a great deal because my dad was in the army as a helicopter pilot.
