"The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented……" — Ian MacKaye
"The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're willing to polish up a gift and sell it to make money, they can't really complain about the fact that somebody above them has sold them down the river. That's the way it goes."
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43 Quotes by Ian MacKaye
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