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For all the creationists out there, Darwin's just an atheist. But he was actually agnostic.


Henry Ian Cusick

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IAN MCDIARMID Consistency is very important when you're making films.
IAN MCDIARMID It was a scene I was really looking forward to, and one that I embraced, and when we were filming it...
IAN MCDIARMID Ultimately, I'm not the most prolific person, but I've been doing this for a long time, and ...
IAN MACKAYE At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hug...
IAN MACKAYE I was into Ted Nugent, I was a Nugent guy. I was a skateboarder listening to Ted Nugent.
IAN MACKAYE Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about...
IAN MACKAYE Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and crea...
IAN MACKAYE I consider the guitar a tool for the most part. I do pick up the acoustic now and then, I certainly ...
IAN MACKAYE I have thousands of tapes, and photos and fliers, letters, posters, artwork - basically everything t...
IAN MACKAYE I feel completely fortunate to have this outlet for something I don't really feel like I have a ...
IAN MACKAYE I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that.
IAN MACKAYE What I find interesting as a 40-year-old is the idea of trying to be a part of a pronounced, continu...
IAN MACKAYE I'm not a religious person, and I'm not too interested in being a part of a religion, but I ...
IAN MACKAYE I never, ever had it in my mind that I wanted to be in the record industry, because I still contend ...
IAN MACKAYE I just have work to do; I just do it.
IAN MACKAYE The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out....
IAN MACKAYE To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
IAN MACKAYE Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something...
IAN MACKAYE An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means yo...
IAN MACKAYE What we did ten years ago with the Playstation was a phenomenal success story for the company. That ...
IAN JACKSON I think PSP is going to be the most successful handheld entertainment device ever. What it will do i...
IAN JACKSON I think it's going to deliver on the promises we've said it's going to and it is going t...
IAN JACKSON