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Chet Faker Quotes

I came second in a 1,500-metre running race at school. I knew I couldn't have come first, so second was my version of first.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: australian
Birth: June 23, 1988

Topics

School Race First Come Knew Second

You can work for 10 years without making it... we aren't actually all living in mansions.

Work You Living Years Without

At the age of six, I declared that I wanted to be an astronaut. My mother thought that was just fine, as it would encourage me to learn science, and besides, there really was no chance I would ever actually become an astronaut.

John M. Grunsfeld

Mother Age Science Me Chance Learn

Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers' unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids.

Failure Pressure Mediocrity Unions

Get eight hours of sleep regularly. Keep your weight down, run a mile a day.

Day Sleep Down Run Get Weight

John Hawkes is amazing. I really want to meet that man; he's so good. Him and Ben Foster, and I'm a big fan of Nick Stahl - those are my three guys.

Good Man Amazing Three Want Meet

Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Work You Stop Changes Out Wet

I've never boxed before in my life. I've had one day's training at a boxing gym, and it's an incredibly difficult sport.

Rupert Penry-Jones

Life Day Training My Life Gym Never

I loved George Carlin... I used to sit in front of the TV and watch the HBO comedy specials. I loved those comedy specials.

Loved Comedy Watch Sit Used Front

I have actually had to ask my supervisors not to curse in meetings or in general in the workplace.

Meetings Workplace Ask Curse General

Being a TV star is a great gift. Everyone treats you royally.

Great Gift You Everyone Star Being

'Long Black Train' was inspired by a vision that I had of a long, black train running down this track way out in the middle of nowhere. I could see people standing out to the sides of this track watching this train go by. As I was walking, experiencing this vision, I kept asking myself, 'What does this vision mean and what is this train?'

Vision Myself People Black Walking

Evil is such a simplistic way to describe any character, be it Iago or Caliban, or any character from history.

Character History Evil Way Describe

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