- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Saying Quotes
The gap between what's said and what's meant.
This set focuses on the friction around saying things: doubts other people voice about an unusual project, the strangeness of writing lyrics meant for someone else's voice, and family conflicts that get said and later forgiven. It pairs well with our Know quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
You could get a cheer by saying: 'Let's withdraw from Afghanistan', but I don't think that's where the public's at. It wouldn't be responsible.
- Damn
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- Nov 07, 2020
I bet there ain't anybody in South Africa wearing a button saying 'Free Compton' or 'California.' They don't give a damn about us, so why should we give a damn about them?
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're not into politics at all. We're just saying what other people are afraid to say.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Slang is really coded talk. I can say a few things, in front of somebody, that only people who know what I'm saying are going to pick up on.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to be someone saying 'Hey, why don't you use my boy?' You can ask Mr. McMahon or anybody. Never once. Cody calls his own shots.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
- Some
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- Nov 07, 2020
You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm saying?
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rock was born in the South, so saying 'Southern rock' is like saying 'rock rock.'
- Gay
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I catch one of my fans saying something improper, a gay slur or any derogatory term, I instantly tweet directly at them and say, 'This isn't how we do it.'
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are nutters across every political and religious spectrum; it goes without saying.
- Flannel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Grunge was so self-consciously lowbrow and nonaspirational that it seemed, at first, impervious to the hype and glamour normally applied swiftly to any emerging trend. But sure enough, grunge anthems found their way onto the soundtracks of television commercials, and Dodge Neons were hawked by kids in flannel shirts saying, 'Whatever.'
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Truman has become the patron saint of failed presidents because he left office with a 27 percent approval rating, and people were saying, 'To err is Truman,' yet look at what he did: the Marshall Plan, the creation of NATO, the Truman Doctrine.
- Lines
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- Nov 07, 2020
To do eight shows a week saying exactly the same lines, you have to be obsessively perfecting it or utterly mindless.
- Anything
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a policy of not saying anything negative about anything another magician does.
- Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go into a movie sort of saying what it's not going to be.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
They want me to stop making my opinions and not saying a word; I know the Left wants that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020