Daron Malakian Quotes
Does it bother me that some people are burning their own System CDs and taking money out of my pocket? Not really. This has always been about putting the best possible version of the song in the fans hands. It was like selling an artist's painting before he had finished it.
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To live in New York is to see the world as it is to come.
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I think that one of the primary roles of an attorney, and certainly we try to teach it here to our students, is that you counsel compliance with the law. The lawyer, more than simply being a mouthpiece for the client and advocating at whatever cost the client's interest, is also an officer of the court in questions that appear before the court.
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I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary, exciting thing. I love it, and I'm very greedy, and I really enjoy it!
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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I like seeing girls throw down.
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One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.
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Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.
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I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.
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In Iran, people are free to express their views. Every day, some people criticize the policies of the government.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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I grew up on 'Battle of the Planets.'
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My definition is that geo-enlightenment is understanding the interconnectedness of things.
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If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing.
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I am all for everyone having a voice; I just don't think everyone has earned the microphone. And that's what the Internet has done.
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The way we're attached to our phones these days, they buzz and twitch in our pockets, and we have to look and see if it was a text, a voicemail, or an e-mail. We're almost like lab rats. I tried to eschew the whole cell phone theory until I had kids; then, I had to be reachable at all times.
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My expectations are not in any future event. I would rather just be prepared for whatever might take place.
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I find the comic book audience a lot more intense than the fantasy one, definitely.
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Are you in my dream too?
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Chocolate is not cheating! After a salty meal, you need a little bit of sweet. This is living, not cheating.
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Sometimes a song becomes rhetoric, but you have to really empathise. You also have to leave room for both sides of the argument: even if you're not telling the other side, you have to put that part in parentheses and make sure it's understood.
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Certainly in the case of having to answer questions about where a song comes from, it's a hell of a lot easier when you say, 'I've removed myself from it.' But they start from quite a personal place. They always do.
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Women candidates have two unique problems. They have trouble raising money and being taken seriously by the media.
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Pure entertainment is not an egotistical lady singing boring songs onstage for two hours and people in tuxes clapping whether they like it or not. It's the real performers on the street who can hold people's attention and keep them from walking away.
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Does it bother me that some people are burning their own System CDs and taking money out of my pocket? Not really. This has always been about putting the best possible version of the song in the fans hands. It was like selling an artist's painting before he had finished it.
