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Having parents who were hard working, blue collar, and staunchly independent, neither political party's positioning really impressed me.


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GARY DAVID GOLDBERG I always relate respectfully with blue-collar people.
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STEVE EARLE My parents were really nice to me.
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CAMERON WINKLEVOSS He definitely has that Midwest attitude of blue collar.
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RYAN NEWMAN That shows that we're getting tough points, blue-collar type things, inside. We're taking the ball s...
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SAM RAYBURN It's really hard to run a business against somebody who is not acting as if it were in business.
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DAVE GROHL My parents were neither very poor nor conspicuously honest.
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KURT COBAIN The feeling about a soldier is, when all is said and done, he wasn't really going to do very muc...
KURT VONNEGUT I definitely feel closer to the feminine side of the human being than I do the male - or the America...
KURT COBAIN If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying...
KURT COBAIN Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. -Kurt Vonnegut.
KURT VONNEGUT You know what i hate about rock? I hate tie-dyed tee shirts.
KURT COBAIN There is nothing so practical as a good theory
KURT LEWIN Throughout my life, I've always been really close with girls and made friends with girls. And I&...
KURT COBAIN For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can't put my finger on it, but in a man...
KURT RUSSELL I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon but have the anonymity of Ringo Starr. I didn't wa...
KURT COBAIN I listened to a lot of King Crimson back in the day.
KURT ELLING If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven...
KURT MASUR People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God.
KURT VONNEGUT James Finch has always had pretty stout cars for the restrictor-plate races and I know we'll be ...
KURT BUSCH The Daytona 500 is a big race, and Darlington is just as big of an event, and a lot of people get ex...
KURT BUSCH Newman and I were friends. We were great teammates, and he needs to check his trophy case on that Da...
KURT BUSCH I started to be really proud of the fact I was gay even though I wasn't
KURT COBAIN I knew I was different. I thought that I might be gay or something because I couldn't identify with ...
KURT COBAIN I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a...
KURT VONNEGUT We are in a democratic society. It's our job to question.
KURT RUSSELL The doctor gave me several warnings: Never tell anyone unless necessary, because I might be ostraciz...
KURT EICHENWALD I never understood using Kickstarter for commercial purposes. If you want to raise money for commerc...
KURT BRAUNOHLER I feel that the most important step in any major accomplishment is setting a specific goal. This e...
KURT THOMAS The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begin...
KURT COBAIN I'd rather be dead than cool.
KURT COBAIN We're focusing on particular works films, books, pieces of music, architecture that deserve the na...
KURT ANDERSEN It is so much the first among equals of that world.
KURT ANDERSEN It's high and low (culture), and we're casting a net wide. Almost everyone knows of these things; it...
KURT ANDERSEN We got 200 e-mails (about it). Lots of people had the same reaction. They were assigned to read it i...
KURT ANDERSEN We're focusing on particular works — films, books, pieces of music,...
KURT ANDERSEN