Michael Stipe (John Michael Stipe) Quotes

I'm kind of quoting Thurston [Moore] and Kim [Gordon] in saying that about not being great with addicts, because they are the ones who said it to me.

Michael Stipe R.E.M.

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• Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering.

  

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• When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.

  

  Magic Johnson
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• A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.

  

  Tate Donovan
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• The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.

  

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• I think back to some of the things Harry said and some of the things I said trying to be funny. If I said them now, it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the country.

  

  Jack Buck
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• I don't find an advantage or disadvantage in being a woman when reporting. What little advantages there might be in some instances is cancelled out by the basic lack of lavatories round the world for women.

  

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• The best way to change it is to do it. Right? And then after a while you become it, and it's easy.

  

  Ursula Burns
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• When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.

  

  B. B. King
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  • Long
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• Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.

  

  Brown Campbell
  • Good
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• I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.

  

  Hari Kondabolu
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• Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.

  

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• I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.

  

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• Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.

  

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• You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.

  

  Haile Gebrselassie
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• I'm sure I'm perceived in a more glam way. This is my breakout if you will.

  

  Taylor Dane
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• I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.

  

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• I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.

  

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• It's good to have a title that's not just one word. If you're gonna title it, you might as well try and say something.

  

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• But by virtue of our baptism, Peter Akinola and I are brothers in Christ and one day we are going to be in heaven together, so we might as well learn to get along here because we will have to get along there. God won't have it any other way.

  

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• My whole point is like, well, if I'm the pop star, then it should be whatever I am. There's, you know, room for Katy Perrys and Adeles and Rihannas and Lady Gagas and Ke$has and me and Pinks. I think what's great about all of us is that we represent something different.

  

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• I wish the children could be taught early on that our thinking creates our experience.

  

  Louise L. Hay
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• I have some really cool memories here in Philly, and I thank you for the support. These are great fans, and I think when you play hard and when you do your best to win, they appreciate that. It was fun to be part of this organization and play for this city. I really enjoyed the time I was here.

  

  Carlos Ruiz
  • Time
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• It was great to play with some of my old linemates.

  

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  • Great

• I'm kind of quoting Thurston [Moore] and Kim [Gordon] in saying that about not being great with addicts, because they are the ones who said it to me.

  

  Michael Stipe R.E.M.
  • Great
  • Said
  • Addicts