Trent Reznor Quotes
If I come up with rules or limitations it focuses me in a direction. And those rules can change if you realize it's a dumb idea. You start to mutate it to see what fits best.
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I'm very self-critical.
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I found that not having a public profile was not hurting the work, and it freed me up to be the satirist I wanted to be.
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If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.
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The less you have, the more you enjoy.
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I got thrust into some great things when I was really young.
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I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.
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Women become the objects of rules; they are repressed and lose their rights in the name of religion, or they lose their freedom in the name of tradition, while the state legitimates this foolishness with laws.
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The biography of a writer - or even the autobiography - will always have this incompleteness.
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It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.
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It started 25 years ago, when I was teaching elementary school in a small town in Missouri.
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He was so excited. He cut out pictures of these landscapes and neighborhoods and kind of really tried to give you a feel of the movie. It was kind of cute but at the same time it really showed his enthusiasm for it.
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Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.
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I used to be a huge fan of 'Lockup' on MSNBC, and that certainly has helped with my understanding of the world.
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You see I found I didn't have to act to be happy.
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War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.
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The first thing you have to understand is that I was not desperate to be a writer. I was never a closet writer filing away notes in a cupboard.
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All the music that I play today, I actually heard either at home or in my neighborhood when I was growing up in the '40s and '50s.
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I’m not a true vegan. I dabble in sustainable fish and dawdle in the consumption of eggs. Steak doesn’t speak to me, and tempeh is so-so. I’ll savor a solitary apricot that’s been kissed by my baby.
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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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The Democrats want to celebrate their successes but don't want to look out of touch with the people who haven't risen much in the last decade or so really.
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All I'm out for is a good time - all the rest is propaganda.
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If I come up with rules or limitations it focuses me in a direction. And those rules can change if you realize it's a dumb idea. You start to mutate it to see what fits best.
