Sharon Van Etten Quotes

As a kid, you put musicians on a pedestal - well, I did. The more you meet bands, and the more you hang around them, you can have normal conversations.

Sharon Van Etten

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MusiciansYouMeetMoreKidNormal

I know I'm likeable, but living with me is different. Yes, I can be charming. That desire to please people and learning what to do to charm their socks off is something many of us do. But you get into a relationship, and the party's over at some point. They see the real you.

John Grant

LearningRelationshipPeopleMeYou

People have got to let their bodies breathe a little bit more. That's the great thing about being a pompous, jumped-up rock god. There's plenty of air around you.

Robert Plant

GodGreatPeopleYouRockMore

When you are part of a cartel, you don't have a Costco card that says, 'I'm a card-carrying member of the cartel.'

Matthew Heineman

YouMemberPartSaysCardCostco

A Soviet man is a product of invisible changes, degradation and progressive deformation. Breaking the chain of those changes is hard. Perhaps they are irreversible.

Merab Mamardashvili

ManProductChangesInvisibleHard

When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised.

Ritchie Blackmore

GoodSomeoneYouStandardsOwnYour

Like many people, I became increasingly alarmed during the 2016 campaign and the first year of the Trump administration by the full-on war being waged on the very idea of truth.

Michiko Kakutani

TruthWarPeopleYearFirstBeing

You've got to give your past attention, but you've got to forgive yourself, acknowledge what you did wrong, and be a man, taking responsibility. You can't not fly anymore because of the things you've been through. You've got to believe in a brighter future, that better version of yourself.

Jon Jones

FutureResponsibilityPastManFly

My mother never said to lose weight. Diets were never a big deal. My mom was always beautiful and voluptuous and curvy, and I always thought she was gorgeous.

Christina Hendricks

MotherBeautifulMomThoughtLose

I love doing the research for the novels. For me, the writing is hard work.

Clive Cussler

WorkHard WorkLoveMeResearch

We get letters every day from people wanting more mountains. As many as I paint, they still say, 'Give me more mountains.'

Bob Ross

DayMountainsPeopleMeEvery Day

As an artist, I will always give art more importance and preference than pure entertainment.

Arfi Lamba

ArtArtistEntertainmentWillMore

That's the power of fiction, that it can take the collective and make it personal.

Anthony Doerr

PowerPersonalFictionCollective

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