"If people are like, 'Oh, you're an icon,' then whatever. But who thinks of themselves like that? It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall."

-- Kathleen Hanna

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“These people make my family look easy to get along with.”
“I take my fun very seriously, whether it's playing the drums or acting in comedy bits. The need to be disciplined about it, and not take it lightly, and not be too casual, is something I take deeply to heart.”
“And to do that not only for the war fighter, but also to help prepare the people in the acquisition, personnel and policy worlds who need to make adjustments in the department's business, which itself may take 10 or 15 years to accomplish.”
“It's in the dictionary. And when I find what it is, I'll write it down in case it comes up again, I'll be certain to avoid it.”
“Failure assumes the world is black and white - no gray. I've come to find, it's all gray.”
“What is a good man? Simply one whose life is useful to the world. And a bad man is simply one whose life is harmful to others. There are, however, those who are harmful and yet enjoy a good reputation, and who manage to profit by a show of usefulness. These are the worst of all.”
“Call it no more free-will, but slavish lust; free to evil, but free from good, till regenerating grace loosens the bands of wickedness.”
“Youth is so exciting. It'll take over. I don't want to be swept away. I want to be with the taking-over people, right to the end.”

Source : "Nicolas Roeg: 'I don't want to be ahead of my time'". Interview with Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2011.

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