Jens Lekman Quotes

I've never felt at home in Kortedala, or in Gothenburg, so I always felt like I needed to go somewhere and find some kind of perspective on things.

Jens Lekman

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The action films I will make in the future will be more believable and character-based. I am now on my second cycle of fame, and I want to make films that smell real and are truthful.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

FutureI AmActionFameNowWant

Rudeness makes me very angry.

Stephen Graham

AngryMeRudenessVeryMakes

I really did grow up in a world where we were taught that crime doesn't pay and we stood up when the teacher came into the room.

Stanley R. Jaffe

TeacherWorldGrowCrimePayRoom

When I go to Africa and spend more time there with people who are the least of the least, those in desperate situations, I am broken by it. But I also find people with so much more joy and freedom living with nothing than I see walking down the streets of my own community here in Tennessee.

Steven Curtis Chapman

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I wouldn't sell those New York actors short.

Sissy Spacek

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The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.

Robert Brustein

TalentAudienceServeFunctionEven

Years go by, but the heart of what we all fight and die for at the core is the same. We fight and die for love and our family and our land and for what's ours. We do things for something as simple as pride.

Matt Barr

FamilyLoveHeartSimpleFightDie

I always read a lot as a kid and I'd spend long periods of time in my room reading... I wasn't reading anything great until I got older, but I used to read Agatha Christie mysteries and all of Ian Fleming's 'James Bond' novels.

Michael Riedel

GreatTimeBondReadingLongKid

Why would we want to keep a tax cut that's failed? Why would we not want to go back to the Clinton tax code? And why would we not want to help every family more with a health-care plan like mine? Let's help average people. Let's be Democrats.

Dick Gephardt

FamilyPeopleHelpPlanBackWant

In wrestling, when I was in high school, my coach said you should be able to hit every single move from any position. So, arm drag to double-leg, snap-down to double-leg. You should be able to hit a move from anywhere, so with my armbar, I can essentially hit it from any position because it's my favorite submission.

Demetrious Johnson

SchoolHigh SchoolYouI CanSaid

Fame was a mixed blessing for me because I thought I could be as big as I wanted to be, and then I realized that I couldn't because of the racist element in the record business.

Chubby Checker

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My own laugh is the real thing and I've had it all my life.

Phyllis Diller

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