Malcolm D. Lee Quotes
Nothing works until it does. Nobody knows anything. You don't know what people are going to respond to. People are always surprised by stuff.
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So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
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There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
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I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.
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When it looks like I may live longer than five minutes I'll drop cigarettes like a hot potato.
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Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
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When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do something similar to the first version and wanted to know what other pieces would be on the same CD.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.
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At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.
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I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
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All the rappers my age are getting Audemars and Rolexes. I want to find my own thing. That's why I travel the world - for me, that's my B-side, why we go places. I have a Hublot on from time to time but I want a home base watch - something that's elegant but has got a little pizzazz to it.
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My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
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I've approached every character I've ever played with a poem, first and foremost.
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The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
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Children don't really understand the concept of health. You can't give them an apple and say 'if you eat this you will be healthy when you're older' because they don't understand. You have to find a different way to motivate them.
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When I die, I hope they don't cremate me 'cuz I'll burn forever.
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I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!
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There's nothing particularly wrong with being more pessimistic than optimistic. Optimism is broad-based, non-detail-oriented thinking; pessimism is detail-oriented thinking.
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My ideas developed under the influence of the bohemians or rather under Hans Jager leader of the 'Kristiania Bohemia' since 1883. Many people have mistakenly claimed that my ideas were formed under the influence of Strindberg and the Germans.. ..but that is wrong. They had already been formed by then.
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The way I see it, the expensive people who get hired when you have money are the fancy people who tell you what you can't do.
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Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other sex, when they themselves do not require succession, since they are always about to exist?
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I don't believe that the policies on which we fought the 1983 election ought to be ejected like some sort of spent cartridge.
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Nothing works until it does. Nobody knows anything. You don't know what people are going to respond to. People are always surprised by stuff.
