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Mark Mothersbaugh Quotes

I was lucky enough to get to perform on stage in front of 20 million people on TV, and 150 thousand in concerts. For 15 minutes I got to be a rock star, the 15 minutes is great! It turns into Spinal Tap after 20 minutes.

Mark Mothersbaugh

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: May 18, 1950

Topics

Great People Rock Star Enough Rock

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

John Locke

Men Society Why Reason Property

In the years just after 9/11, even being breathed on by a suspected terrorist could land you in extralegal detention for the rest of your life.

Matt Taibbi

Life Rest You Land Years Just

And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee.

Stephen Breyer

Process Committee Judiciary Hours

I follow the roles.

Sissy Spacek

Follow Roles

Pregnant women who are in places where Zika is spreading should do everything they can to avoid mosquito bites. And we, as a society, need to do everything we can to control Zika. That means learning more about it; that means controlling mosquitoes more effectively. That means achieving a vaccine.

Tom Frieden

Learning Women Control Society Need

Mistakes are the best teachers. One does not learn from success. It is desirable to learn vicariously from other people's failures, but it gets much more firmly seared in when they are your own.

Mohnish Pabrai

Success Best Mistakes People Learn

I find that I am much slower in the beginning of a book. I am thinking of the plot, of the characters and who they are, and where they are going. I often throw out a lot of the writing I start with, because the characters and plot improve as I write. Or perhaps I should say it is my hope they will improve as I write.

Julia London

Hope Beginning I Am Writing Start

There's nothing classic about what's around now. I am a bit old-school. There are some things that are never out of fashion because they just look good. But if you want classic style these days you have to get it made.

Jay Kay

Good Style I Am Fashion You Look

Lists today are a way of trying to get through the day, because we are losing a sense of time.

David Viscott

Today Time Day Losing Trying Way

I don't read reviews and I don't know what to do with opinions, so I just lose them. They take up space, they become a process of manufacturing a persona, which I want to avoid.

Anne Carson

Space Process Opinions Lose Know Up

My father grew up in an era when to be an American - a white American, at least - was to be yourself. In some respects, his generation was more ignorant, complacent, self-centered and parochial than mine.

William T. Vollmann

Father Yourself Be Yourself American

Whenever you do a film, it's always like a little miracle. So many people getting together trying to do something so that the audience can be entertained.

Pilou Asbaek

Together People Trying You Miracle