Daron Malakian Quotes
I don't understand some of the music I hear on MTV or the radio, because they don't mention the times we live in. They have nothing to do with nothing.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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Sometimes you have to laugh about what gets published; sometimes it's annoying, but in general I don't care.
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I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.
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Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
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I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on us and took us over, before we know what was going on.
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There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I can make garlic crab better than Crustacean. My sauce is so good you'll want to dip your bread in it, put it on your egg omelet, in your cereal, and in everything else.
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When we do an investment, we always ask, 'Can we affect the outcome? When buying a company, can we have an impact?' That's a different style of investing than a passive investor in the stock market. To me, that's how you're taking the risk out of it. You know what your capability is and how you can enhance value.
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When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.
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My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child.
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The most enduring stories in literature generally have some kind of crime at their center, whether it's the bloody butchery of 'Hamlet,' the lecherous misanthropes of Dickens or the lone gunman from 'The Great Gatsby.'
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Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.
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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.
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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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Most geniuses are weird.
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When it comes to helping make the country strong, we in Congress have an important role to play.
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I can't add. I don't understand basic science. Or anything else. But I can read anything. I've always been able to, and I've always liked to. Even if I didn't understand it, I liked to.
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I think comedy stems from being honest, often painfully so. I hope I can achieve that perspective in my own life and also have fun.
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Having other comedians complimenting my work is the biggest accolade that I can get.
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As a youngster, I lived in Philly for 12 years, and I would go up to New York to do shows and make money - it was the dream to maybe be able to survive there and live there.
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I don't understand some of the music I hear on MTV or the radio, because they don't mention the times we live in. They have nothing to do with nothing.
