Jens Lekman Quotes

This is one of the reasons I'm so interested in stories. Because everyone has a story in their life, and when their story doesn't make sense, that's when we get depressed, I think.

Jens Lekman

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LifeStoryThinkEveryoneSenseGet

Everywhere I travel around my home state of Wyoming - but also around the country - I continue to hear, 'How can Washington make us buy something we don't want to buy, a product? They can't tell us to buy breakfast cereal or something else - how can they do that?'

John Barrasso

HomeTravelBreakfastCountryWant

I met the man of my dreams at a gym, and then we got married in Vegas - because we're classy. When you meet at a gym, where else do you get married?

Megan Hilty

DreamsManVegasYouGymMeet

Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us Americans.

Maureen Dowd

ValuesWantCostUsMakeProtected

We have a very old saying in our household: 'Inspect what you expect.' You hold people accountable, and I use my business background for finding the most efficient and effective solutions to deliver the result we're looking for.

Matt Rosendale

BusinessPeopleLookingSayingYou

I ain't afraid to tell the world that it didn't take school stuff to help a fella play ball.

Shoeless Joe Jackson

SchoolWorldHelpPlayAfraidTell

Satire is a weapon, and it can be quite cruel.

Molly Ivins

SatireCruelWeaponQuite

My problem is that people get intimidated by someone big and beautiful like me. They hate to think I can be smart as well.

Dolph Lundgren

BeautifulHateSmartPeopleMeBig

When I was about 13, and I would write in my journal, I'd be like, 'I just watched 'Spice World,' the Spice Girls movie, and I loved it.' Sometimes I would sign them with the name Xen.

Arca

WorldNameLovedSometimesSpice

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

Winston Churchill

ForwardYouLookSeeBackward

I've had a very fortunate, very privileged life. I say it with all humility because it could change tomorrow.

Susanne Bier

LifeChangeHumilityTomorrowSay

I'm not pro-Wall Street or anti-Wall Street. I'm pro-New York City.

Reshma Saujani

CityStreetYork

If I were writing an article for the newspaper, it would be thesis statement, information, information, supporting arguments. That would be the setup. When I'm making a documentary, the pacing of the film and the way that you sort of switch from character to character - all of those are more about storytelling than straight journalism.

Marshall Curry

CharacterWritingYouInformation

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