Mark Mothersbaugh Quotes
The stories I write are often literal to events that have happened or observations that I've made, and sometimes they're fantastical.
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When I was in school, you could pick any instrument you want, and they'd teach you how to play it. That changed my life. I loved playing music in school, and it sent me on my path as a musician.
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I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
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Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.
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I will never answer that question of what are the challenges I face. You speak it into existence, and I choose to use that air for other things.
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I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.
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There are lots of ways to make money in venture capital, and there are even more ways to be mediocre. The industry has too much money and too many smart people chasing too few great entrepreneurs.
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I thought of Jeff Bridges in 'Hell or High Water' and Ben Foster, and I kept trying very hard not to, because you're terrified you're going to write this thing that then feeds specifically to this one person that then won't do it.
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I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
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Cambridge was the place for someone from the Colonies or the Dominions to go on to, and it was to the Cavendish Laboratory that one went to do physics.
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I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
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Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it's there if you look deep.
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Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it.
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Spirituality is deeply personal. Yet, society has to face the fact that certain faiths celebrate spirituality through an overt expression of inner convictions.
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I haven't had many relationships.
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To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.
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I studied fashion at the London College of Fashion. I get involved in it as part of my own styling, so if I wasn't a pop star maybe a fashion buyer or a stylist.
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I'm proud of my family, very proud - I have ten grandchildren, four children, and one wife.
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I've always sort of believed that the future takes care of itself.
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The task of the church is to make the invisible Kingdom visible through faithful Christian living and witness-bearing .
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I grew up in East Germany, and we were short on technology. So my father was really proud to be the owner of a turntable.
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I always think of it like this: Rather than be the sun to someone and light up everything around them, I want to be the moon and light the way just a little in front of them when they are lost or uncertain in the darkness, and always be there with them when they look up. That’s my way of living.
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Consider this 're-make' business that is taking away opportunities for new ideas and new films to happen. If the movie was made right the first time, why make it again? The only reason this is happening is it has become a safer way for the Studios.
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I listen to all kinds of music, but I've always been a really big fan of Top 40 radio. If I'm in my car, that's what I listen to.
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The stories I write are often literal to events that have happened or observations that I've made, and sometimes they're fantastical.
