Sufjan Stevens Quotes

In third grade, I had to an oral report on the state of Oregon. I brought up Big Foot sightings, and I remember there was an argument about whether or not Big Foot was valid history. Ever since then I've been thinking about how subjective history is.

Sufjan Stevens

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HistoryThinkingRememberArgument

I feel like rock n' roll has become very tame.

John Gourley

FeelRockBecomeI Feel LikeRoll

A poem gives me a chance to have an encounter with a feeling, with an experience, with a wish, with an idea.

Tracy K. Smith

ExperienceMeChanceWishFeeling

I don't think I'll ever fully get over losing the city council seat. I don't know how that happened. But it was less than 1 percent out of 50,000 votes. I'd put in six or seven years into changing L.A.

Tom Hayden

LosingCityThinkKnowOverOut

I've taken a stand against religion for as long I've been able to write and think.

Roy Harper

ReligionThinkStandLongWrite

My father fought for me to play football. He never had to make me shinpads, but it was a lot of money to send to me to a soccer school. And to provide boots and things.

Luka Modric

FatherMoneyFootballSchoolMe

Democracy is a political method, that is to say, a certain type of institutional arrangement for arriving at political - legislative and administrative - decisions and hence incapable of being an end in itself.

Joseph A. Schumpeter

DemocracyEndDecisionsPolitical

Many mothers and daughters are as close as any two people can be, but closeness always carries with it the need - indeed, the desire - to consider how your actions will affect the other person, and this can make you feel that you are no longer in control of your own life.

Deborah Tannen

LifePeopleControlFeelYouPerson

When I do get the chance I just love to hang around at home with friends and family.

Delta Goodrem

FamilyLoveHomeFriends And Family

You ever try to beat your dad up? It just don't happen. He's got that old man strength.

Donald Cerrone

StrengthManOld ManYouTryBeat

We're a very success-driven culture, which is such a downer at times. Even if you don't think that way, you're forced to think that way. Everyone is trying to subconsciously out-do everyone else.

Courtney Barnett

CultureThinkTryingYouWayEven

My father married once. I married once. This is a conviction of ours. This is the way we grew up.

Chuck Berry

FatherWayUpConvictionOnceOurs

I don't think I was a miracle man. Neither were Lou Holtz or Frank Leahy. We all found ways to win.

Ara Parseghian

ManWinThinkMiracleFoundFrank

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