"A record is something that isn't real or true. It's like cinema. It's a construction of something hyper-real and surreal and unreal all at the same time. You make a space that doesn't really exist. One of the big joys of being in this line of work is building the recorded versions of the songs."

-- Will Oldham

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“I think a lot of bad things have happened in the name of the church and in the name of Christ and therefore I shy away from church.”
“Oh, welcome to this world of fools, of pink champagne and swimming pools, where all you have to lose is your virginity. Perhaps you'll have some fun tonight, just stick around and take a bite, of life. We don't need feebleness in this proximity.”
“Country manners. Even if somebody phones up to tell you your house is burning down, they ask first how you are.”
“It is not patriotic to decide to destroy a new president who was duly elected by an overwhelming margin. It is un-patriotic to resolve to destroy that presidency.”

Source : "A Senator Without Constituents". Interview with Mark Byrne, www.gq.com. February 20, 2012.
“You need somebody to support the retirees. You need to pay into the pension plans. You need people to work at the hospitals, at the nursing homes.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“The ideal historian goes to the mouth of the tomb, cries: "Lazarus, come forth!" and sets him that was dead for ages, blinking and passionate, in the sun.”
“Here's the thing: you're not really ready for love until you have enough self-respect that if you met your exact self, but in a guy, you would totally, completely, absolutely want to be with him.”
“Endless is the search of truth.”

Source : Laurence Sterne (1788). “The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman”, p.155

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