Michael Stipe Quotes

We're absolutely American and distinctly so, I think. That's part of what people respond to outside of this country, part of the reason that we're such a huge band outside of the U.S., where we're not so popular now as we were 10 or 12 years ago.

Michael Stipe

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PeopleThinkAmericanCountryNow

Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.

Jessica Savitch

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It's a liminal thing, humming, And I'm always interested in liminal things.

Max Richter

AlwaysThingsInterestedThing

I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.

Anita Desai

TruthAimFantasyRomanceTellAny

Through their own actions, customers can hold companies responsible to higher standards of social responsibility. Through collective action, they can leverage their dollars to combat the force of those investors who myopically pursue profits at the expense of the rest of society.

Simon Mainwaring

ResponsibilitySocietyActionRest

I had always wanted to become a neurologist, which is one of the most demanding vocations in medicine. Where do you stop, after all, with the brain? How does it function? What are its limits? The work seems unending.

Roger Bannister

WorkBrainMedicineLimitsYouStop

As parents, can we counter the effect of television violence? One worrying feature in Britain is that so many TV sets are in a child's bedroom; this means that the mediating effect of watching with a parent, the ability to discuss and interpret what has been seen, is lost.

Robert Winston

ChildParentsParentViolenceLost

I think it's more difficult to live without a religion, definitely.

Michel Houellebecq

LiveReligionThinkMoreDifficult

From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.

Lucretius

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I submerged myself in his life. Before I went to sleep at night, that's what I was watching. The videos would literally be going on while I was sleep; that's what I was hearing in my sleep. I woke up in the morning, Tupac.

Demetrius Shipp, Jr.

LifeMorningMyselfSleepNightUp

I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school.

Brian Eno

ArtSchoolThoughtMagicNeverJust

For me, drag is all about making people happy and entertaining.

Aquaria

HappyPeopleMeDragEntertaining

I know as a child, I was really interested in becoming a manga artist, to create my own stories and illustrate them and present something that people would be interested in reading and looking at as well.

Shigeru Miyamoto

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