Sufjan Stevens Quotes

One of my strongest memories is my father playing bongos in the living room in Detroit listening to Motown radio. He was this skinny white bald guy, but he was really moved by blues and Motown and funk.

Sufjan Stevens

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FatherMemoriesListeningLiving

Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically.

Robert Mugabe

HistorySufferingEnoughNewSlaves

I found that the same things I loved about performing were the things I liked about directing and creating a piece - striking a chord that was in tune with the world and was reflecting back what I saw, just from a different angle.

Michael Arden

WorldLovedBackCreatingSameSaw

I think life has got to develop as you get older, and I don't want to be wandering along doing the same old thing. I want more out of life.

Michael Caine

LifeThinkDoingYouWantMore

I catch myself every once in a while doing that weird thing that I see famous people do, where they have sunglasses and hats on and grow out beards thinking that they're fooling people. Dude, you're not fooling anyone: you look just like you.

Sterling K. Brown

MyselfPeopleSunglassesThinking

I went down to the sewers in London and looked at a campaigning group in London called RATS, Rowers Against Thames Sewage, and I went to Sewage School and hung out with kids learning to make sewage soup and how to clean sewage. And it was great - really good fun.

Rose George

LearningGoodGreatSchoolFunSoup

I want to be able to look back and say, 'I've done everything I can, and I was successful.' I don't want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I'd like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.

Michael Phelps

ChangeGenerationLookBackI Can

I've been blessed with an optimistic disposition, I think.

Jonathan Evison

BlessedThinkBeenDisposition

I definitely don't think of myself as an actual male model. I'm far too short and my legs are far too muscular.

Johnny Weir

MyselfThinkShortLegsFarModel

President Bush spent last night calling world leaders to support the war with Iraq and it is sad when the most powerful man on earth is yelling, 'I know you're there, pick up, pick up.

Craig Kilborn

SadManWarSupportWorldNight

Even if I hadn't have been nominated for an Oscar, to have won the Golden Glove was just fantastic.

Brenda Blethyn

GoldenBeenJustFantasticEvenWon

Gen. Tommy Franks told me the war was being compromised as specialized personnel and equipment were being shifted from Afghanistan to prepare for the war in Iraq - a war more than a year away.

Bob Graham

WarMeYearMoreAfghanistanBeing

Like all Americans, Arkansans hurt for the Syrian refugees. The hardships they face are beyond most of our understanding, and my thoughts and prayers are with them, but I will not support a policy that poses real risk to Americans.

Asa Hutchinson

SupportThoughtsFaceHurtHardships

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