These Days Quotes - Page 5

• I've done collaborations with Scott [Morgan, aka Loscil] in the past, but it is something that kind of appeals to me these days.

  King Khan

  Past, Aka, Collaboration

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Everyone's attention span these days is limited to how long it takes to flick the iPod wheel on to the next song.

  Mat McNerney

  Song, Ipods, Long

  "Show No Mercy". Interview with Brandon Stosuy, pitchfork.com. July 17, 2009.

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• I guess everyone has their own definition of what folk is or pop or whatever. I find it incredibly hard to describe music these days.

  Ed Droste

  Definitions, Pops, Folks

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Licensing is how indie rock people make a living these days, so whatever about that. But I want good films and good placement for the songs because I want to be exclusive. I don't want to just sign it away because I don't want songs to lose meaning, but I'm also...I don't care [that] Wilco sold songs to Volkswagen. That's great. They probably drive Volkswagens.

  Justin Vernon

  Song, Rocks, Indie Rock

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I worry these days that Latinos in California speak neither Spanish nor English very well. They are in a kind of linguistic limbo between the two. They don't really have a language, and are, in some deep sense, homeless.

  Richard Rodriguez

  Two, California, Worry

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• I'm open to whatever. I think sometimes when people collaborate these days, it's a little bit convenient.

  Gotye

  Thinking, People, Littles

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Gratitude not only encourages our hearts, it produces peace. And we could all use a little more peace these days.

  Jen Lilley

  Gratitude, Heart, Use

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• The two great moments in human history are the day that Christ was born and the day He was raised from the dead. These are represented by Christmas and Easter - the two biggest holidays for the church. People who don't even go to church do go on these days.

  Louie Giglio

  Easter, Holiday, Two

  "A conversation with pastor, author and songwriter Louie Giglio". Interview With Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• Religion is so focused on family. These days, for many people, being gay is also focused on family. The Mormon Church is especially focused on family, and I'd have hoped, therefore, that the Mormon Church would especially have celebrated how all of these people who might have been lonely and suicidal and childless are now able to lead this other life. I would have thought it would be a cause for immense celebration. Instead it has been, obviously, a cause of great concern to the Church and its leadership.

  Andrew Solomon

  Lonely, Suicidal, Gay

  Source: andrewsolomon.com

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• I don't even know of a room that doesn't have a flat-screen TV in it. These are things that just come in environments these days. And if you were going to walk into a space, where did you come from? Was there a bathroom around the corner? These are things that are authentic, and that's what makes successful television. It's not pre-produced garbage. It's believability and connection. The environment has to tell that story.

  James Pearse Connelly

  Successful, Space, Connections

  "What goes into designing The Biggest Loser's sets, stages, and chill rooms?". Interview with AVC, tv.avclub.com. June 27, 2016.

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• Barry Crump wrote a lot of books and they were really special. They were kind of the quintessential, mild for the most part, kind of southern man, kind of the true heart of what it meant to be a Kiwi kind of farmer; very kind of outdoor man living off the land. That kind of thing, you don't see so much anymore these days with everyone being metrosexual and lattes and laptops.

  Rhys Darby

  Book, Heart, Men

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

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• I have somewhat lost my enthusiasm in the last years. Mainly because film students using digital video these days have not really produced anything which is more than superficial or simplistic; so I have my doubts.

  Abbas Kiarostami

  Years, Doubt, Video

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2005.

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• It is a testament to the effectiveness of advertising campaigns funded by the animal-user industries that a diet that is bad for us and harmful to the planet is thought of as "normal" and a diet that promotes health, happiness, and well-being is thought of as alternative, abnormal, or faddish. In fact, these days it is relatively easy to find vegetarian options in many restaurants and supermarkets, though you may have to ask.

  Sharon Gannon

  Animal, Effectiveness, Alternatives

  "Sharon Gannon on Veganism". jivamuktiyoga.com. November 16, 2016.

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• I just see a lot of people who are really terrified of the "f-word." A lot of women these days, a lot of young women don't want to call themselves feminists.

  Ani DiFranco

  People, Feminist, Want

  "Righteous Babe Ani DiFranco". Intervirw with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. September 8, 1999.

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• I don't live my life on the road. I'm getting on a bit and there's a lot of other things in my life. Our lovely children and their lives. It's more of a part-time business these days.

  David Gilmour

  Children, Lovely, Living My Life

  "David Gilmour Talks Pompeii Return: 'It's a Place of Ghosts'". Interview with Kory Grow, www.rollingstone.com. July 7, 2016.

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• I've been very lucky. I come from a very close family. I'm also in a relationship that's been really good. Lasted a long time. We've got wonderful kids from that relationship, and they've had the benefit of being together. It's fantastic to have that sort of togetherness. It's a rarity these days.

  Richard Branson

  Kids, Long, Together

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• The Dalai Lama, these days, encourages Westerners not to take up Buddhism, partly because he feels that our roots are deep in other traditions, and we should go deeper into our own traditions rather than just acquiring the surfaces of others.

  Pico Iyer

  Buddhism, Roots, Tradition

  Interview with Felicia M. Tomasko, layoga.com. April 26, 2008.

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• Independent films are really one of the greatest resources these days to actually find unfiltered truth.

  Josh Tickell

  Independent, Film, Resources

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• I've learned the idea of pausing when agitated or doubtful. I can still write the e-mail but instead of sending that e-mail to the person I'm in a fight with, more often than not these days, I just delete it. Or I run it by someone else that I trust before I send it. And then I usually laugh at the e-mail and how funny it is.

  John Feldmann

  Running, Writing, Fighting

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• [Wayne Rooney] has to be viewed as a great England striker if he breaks Sir Bobby Charlton's record. Scoring goals at international level is much more difficult than it was a few years back because even the lesser teams are well organised and don't concede too many goals these days.

  Michael Owen

  Team, Years, Goal

  Source: www.espnfc.com

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• You're not insulting my character. Being a woman, especially in this business, it's so thrilling to get to do that. It's so rare, especially right now the way the film industry is. If you're a girl, the part you get to play these days...because there's so many less movies made...in a good movie, if there's a girl in it, there might be a handful of scenes, and your job is to be supportive to the guy who's messed up. Be the loving rock at home, or be the good mom, or be the attractive person.

  Keri Russell

  Girl, Mom, Jobs

  Source: deadline.com

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• Dealing with politically-engaged writers of color like Abdellatif Laâbi and Rashid Boudjedra - who ran away from school aged sixteen to fight against the French in the Algerian war - first requires convincing an editor to take a chance on them, which very few like to do these days.

  Andre Naffis-Sahely

  War, School, Fighting

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I know society these days, I know people are wanting to find everything they can to pick things apart, but I have to write from my heart and my experiences, and I fully own them. Those are mine to share.

  LeAnn Rimes

  Writing, Heart, People

  "LeAnn Rimes' scandal magnet days are over". Interview with Allison Stewart, www.chicagotribune.com. July 7, 2016.

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• I wouldn't want to get stuck being an oldie-goldie group, but I don't mind. I think all the trouble you go through these days to go to one of these concerts, I think I owe them a bit of what they came to hear.

  Tom Petty

  Thinking, Mind, Groups

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I had a rule that I would never force the muse in my younger days. I would follow the feeling. I would just put the pen down and walk away, and wait for it to come back. But these days, I have a kid, I tour a lot, and I'm always short on time.

  Dan Mangan

  Kids, Waiting, Feelings

  Source: www.songfacts.com

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