Bjork Quotes
There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I've played up to that a bit in interviews.
Quotes to Explore
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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I idolised bands like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, who wanted to reach as many people as they could.
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I feel like my story would've been different had I had a chance to play with Bron when I was 18. I've thought about it countless times.
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I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.
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I think I'm telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and at that time he didn't know he was our coach and I didn't either.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.
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I always tell audiences when I talk about writing: Writing isn't something I do; writing is something that I am. I am writing - it's just an expression of me.
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The actual, original 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,' I have vague memories of because I was pretty small, but I loved, loved, loved it. I have only those weird, visceral little-kid memories: I remember the extreme flat, two dimensional green that was their skin or the weird pizza with no sauce - it was just like yellow, drippy cheese.
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I never want to be anywhere else than in the rehearsal room. I mean, it's so lame to say, but it makes me supremely happy to work with people and to talk and invent and laugh.
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I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
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I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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It's always, 'Are you the runner girl?' I say, 'My name is Sally actually.' I used to always get that at school as well, 'Are you the runner girl?' I'm not even the runner girl, I'm a hurdler.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.
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I think that music and visual arts can complement themselves nicely. They do different things - the music forces you into a different mood and perspective whilst the visual stuff can engage you in a more direct cognitive manner.
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The two cultures of East and West are very different, and the priorities are very different. So when you understand that - if you are from this side or this side - when you understand that the other is different than you, and you respect these differences, you can build communication.
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Here we are, worrying about whether we're thin enough or whether our bottom looks too big in this pair of trousers or even whether or not I should wear a hat - does it really matter in comparison to the important things that are going on in the world?
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No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it.
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I don't eat any dairy products at all, usually - it's a self-imposed ban. I've done it for a year now, since I was ill, but it's so hard.
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I miss my friends in public school, but it's kind of a part of something that you have to give up. I'd rather perform than go to public school.
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There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I've played up to that a bit in interviews.
