Serj Tankian Quotes
I don't want to spend all my time working as an activist. I don't get satisfaction out of it. I'd rather be doing something else. I'm a musician.
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There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York. One was to have a pizza pie, one was to get a tattoo... and the other was to get a Yankees hat.
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice.
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I started cooking seven years ago for real, and I started with pasta, and lasagna and roast chicken. Very normal American dishes. When I turned on Food Network, or any sort of cooking channel, that's what people were making. So that's where your education comes from.
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I just didn't know where I fit in - I didn't seem to fit in my parent's generation. I didn't seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.
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I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.
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Regulators are a backstop: they don't own banks. The governance at the top of our leading banks has been shown to be lamentably weak. No one at the top of Barclays will take responsibility for systemic abuse.
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I'm very open-minded.
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A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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All through my life, I was hated on. When I was in middle school, they used to write in my rhyme book, 'You suck' or 'This sucks.'
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There aren't many athletes who follow their hearts. They choose to go somewhere to win more and earn more money. They're like gypsies.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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Wait a minute, I'm a fan of yours; you can't be a fan of mine!
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It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress.
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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
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If I got something to say or do to a man, I'm going to look that man in the eye and tell him what is going to happen. That's just me now.
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What I want is a clash of ideas, not opinions.
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Stage is the ultimate test; I like watching established screen actors on stage to see if they can really do it. But it's great to have a healthy mixture of the two. Film is so technical: there's something very particular about the relationship between you and the camera. It took a long time for me to get good on film.
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I've got no problem whatsover with collar bars coming back in. I need to look a tiny bit older before I can dress like that the entire time - otherwise I'm going to look like I'm in 'Bugsy Malone.'
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When we do acquisitions, we decide what we want. We decide what fills a hole. And if the price is too high, our alternative is the $5 billion we spend on R&D every year. We're not well-known for overpaying, because at Oracle we always have an alternative.
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I don't want to spend all my time working as an activist. I don't get satisfaction out of it. I'd rather be doing something else. I'm a musician.
