Sleater-Kinney's biggest momentum was from the press - that, second to Radiohead, they got more positive press than … - Slim Moon

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When a warrior goes down, you pick up his shield and go play in honor of him.

Slim Moon

Sleater-Kinney's biggest momentum was from the press - that, second to Radiohead, they got more positive press than any other band in America in the 90s.

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I figured that if anyone could be wildly popular in one town, then that could be replicated everywhere, all you have to do is get the word out.

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When Elliott Smith came out, it was falling on deaf ears. But artists were reacting to it.

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Sam Harris

Every one of the world's "great" religions utterly trivializes the immensity and beauty of the cosmos. Books like the Bible and the Koran get almost every significant fact about us and our world wrong. Every scientific domain -- from cosmology to psychology to economics -- has superseded and surpassed the wisdom of Scripture. Everything of value that people get from religion can be had more honestly, without presuming anything on insufficient evidence. The rest is self-deception, set to music.

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Chip Kelly

When a warrior goes down, you pick up his shield and go play in honor of him.

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If you ask any economist, they'll tell you all the mortgage interest deduction does is raise the price of the house. So a couple is out looking at the house, they say, "Oh, we love this house, but we couldn't make the monthly payment. " And the realtor says, "Yeah, but you're going to get a tax break. " So people pay more than they would otherwise. You take a loss even though you're making a gain.

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