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Chris Lavergne

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4,407 quotes curated by Chris Lavergne:

“In a way, the more personal you make something, the more universal it becomes, because essentially we’re all made up of the same emotional stuff.”
— Brian Molko, The most vulnerable moment of his career...
“Beautiful James, I don't wanna wake you.”
— Placebo, Beautiful James
“I hope that I’ve been somewhat courageous with this record so that it might inspire courage in others. It might help them stand up for what they believe in. That’s all. That’s what music did for me.”
— Brian Molko, Never Let Me Go
Tagged: Courage Is Calling
“If you don’t mind, I’ll set myself on fire.”
— Sculpture Club, It Doesn't Get Better
Tagged: self-defeat
“One of the more writer-friendly aspects of Web 3 publishing, he explained, has to do with scale: Where the advertising-driven business model of digital media typically requires publications to prioritize coverage that will garner as many pageviews as possible, writers on Mirror can earn money simply because a small and engaged group of patrons is passionate enough about a project to put their money behind it.”
— Emilie Friedlander, Surprise! The Future of Media Involves a Crypto-Based Popularity Contest
Tagged: Thought Catalog Books
“If just by being ourselves in the 90s, we made people feel less alone – if we managed to, in any way whatsoever, increase the potential and capacity for freedom just by 1% – then we’ve achieved something.””
— Brian Molko, Placebo: ‘It’s not the end of the world. It’s just the end of the human species’
Tagged: 90s
“With its repetitive arches and monolithic scale, the Roxbury Floor Mirror celebrates a minimal, stylistic nod to classical architecture and form.”
— Kelly Wearstler, Roxbury Floor Mirror
Tagged: Cool Products
“90s horror cinema, explained...”
— Chris Catt, The 60 Best 90s Horror Movies
“I will not be displaced by how much I love you.”
— Johanna Warren, Twisted
“Are hundreds of thousands of corpses fine if the price is a utopia for all of humanity? Or do we still believe there is a way toward a better society without violence?”
— Chris Laverne, M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Old’ Is a Profound Commentary on Life During a Global Crisis