Michael Stipe Quotes

But we're very much an American band and that's that. I think that's part of the appeal outside of this country and it might be part of the reason people turned away from us within this country, because familiarity breeds contempt.

Michael Stipe

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I'd rather win than be a showman.

John Higgins

WinRatherThan

There's a way that white people and black people spoke in the '70s that is nothing like how they speak now. They spoke from a soul, actually. There's a singsongy way of walking and talking that's just different now.

Michael Jai White

SoulPeopleSpeakBlackWalkingWay

What I look for in a script is something that challenges me, something that breaks new ground, something that allows me to flex my director muscle. You have got to think fast in this business, you've got to keep reinventing yourself to stay on top.

Michael Bay

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In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains and the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design.

Steve Jobs

PeopleMeDesignMeaningNothing

My favorite show from the '60s was 'Combat.' And maybe 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'

Stephen Lang

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Whether you accept or reject it, God's Love for you is permanent.

Sri Chinmoy

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No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.

Robert Frost

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You carry your country with you, it's part of your baggage.

Roy Thomson

YouCountryCarryYourBaggagePart

If I look back down the years, how I was treated as a kid, if it wasn't for the teachers at my school, then I wouldn't have achieved what I have. You have to look where you came from, and we do need to get more parents involved, more running clubs and more schools. They can make a difference.

Mo Farah

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I don't believe all music is good. I believe some music is bad for people to listen to. I think it makes their taste worse, I think it makes their lives worse, I think it makes them worse people.

Jason Isbell

GoodMusicPeopleBelieveThinkBad

By definition, conservatives struggle with change.

Donna Brazile

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Whatever happens in my life from now on, I know the day I finally die - the final act of my script - people will always make references to the work I've done with Almodovar.

Antonio Banderas

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