Greil Marcus Quotes

Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays them.

Greil Marcus

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We were doing mobile games before the iPhone. We were doing free-to-play with 'Quake Live.' We wanted to do massively multiplayer stuff in the early days but didn't have the resources to do it.

John Carmack

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I've always been steady on and off keeping diaries and journals. I try to document everything so I can remember it the older I get.

Meaghan Jette Martin

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Grit and self-control are related, but they're not the same thing.

Angela Duckworth

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Stephen A. Smith is the hardest-working man in sports show business. The ubiquitous basketball pundit appears on ESPN about 10 times a day as a regular on the show 'NBA Fastbreak,' a guest commentator on 'Sports Center,' and a pundit on 'ESPNEWS.'

Stephen Rodrick

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The only reason why I made solo records was because I got so obsessed with politics, and that is quite personal. I don't really philosophically believe in solo records.

Steven Van Zandt

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I'm interested in painting the most beautifully compelling pictures and images and metaphors and stories and explanations possible that will put Jesus in language for a world that desperately needs to hear it.

Rob Bell

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Any fool can say he is wise but only someone wise can admit he is a fool.

Michael Reed

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Arkansas, the state Bill Clinton loves and that loves him back, is a place with just no pretension at all.

Molly Ivins

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If the goal is to be believable when you're acting, I've got the best idea of what that believability might look and feel like. And because you need a normal guy in a comedy so that the eccentricities can pop, that's a good part for me.

Jason Bateman

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People think that I changed my name. I could've been an actress, a superhero, or a stripper.

January Jones

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I can't spell or do grammar, but I'm smarter and more serious than people think. I'm no featherweight when it comes to digging deep and being involved. So many stars I know do so much. It's our duty to give back.

Cher

StarsPeopleDeepThinkBackKnow

I feel like if you don't put too much expectations and too much high hopes into things, everything will fall into place.

Christina Milian

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