Serj Tankian Quotes
I think I might write a book. I like writing. People have asked me if I would get into politics, but I think I feel a lot more effective being a representative of truth through the arts.
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The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.
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You want to put out a TV show? If you have the money to do it on your own, by yourself, and you have a TV network, you can do it by yourself. But the nature of the beast is, art needs finance. That's how this industry works. So until the Internet becomes our source of entertainment - and watch it, I believe it will - this is how things go.
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It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.
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I've been in this business for 40 years - you do a show, and you don't know what's going to come of it.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.
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After 'Heart Skips A Beat' hit No.1, I barely had a chance to celebrate 'cos it was straight over to the judges' houses for the 'Xtra Factor,' filming in Greece, L.A. and Spain.
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I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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I started acting when I was seven. And I went to a local drama school which is very well-known in London. Because of that, I started getting jobs, and I worked all the time as a child, pretty much non-stop.
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We are ready to work hard, work together to re-elect President Barack Obama. We must do it because women deserve to make their own choices and determine the course of their lives.
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The whole fame question is one that is constantly intriguing to me. I think that fame is something that other people create about you. Whether you jump into that or not is up to you – and whether you have the talents for jumping into it or not.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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What is wrong with George Bush? What is his problem?
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Whatever I think the song sounds like is what I'll name it. It's a feeling thing; it's not logical at all.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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This world is too hard for me to leave my kids, without me supervising and being there for them.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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The world is proof that God is a committee.
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When you're on the subway in New York, people literally could be 11-inches away from you, and you can't just stare at them.
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Plotting is difficult for me, and always has been. I do that before I actually start writing, but I always do characters, and the arc of the story, first... You can't do anything without a story arc. Where is it going to begin, where will it end.
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You have enough people against you... be for yourself.
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If you stand for something, you will always find some people for you and some people against you. If you stand for nothing, you will find nobody against you, and nobody for you.
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I think I might write a book. I like writing. People have asked me if I would get into politics, but I think I feel a lot more effective being a representative of truth through the arts.
