Martin Garrix (Martijn Gerard Garritsen) Quotes
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There are no sacred and unsacred places; there are only sacred and desecrated places. My belief is that the world and our life in it are conditional gifts.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the Jimmy Carter of the Communist bloc. The Russians hate him.
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All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
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I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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Crises are part of life. Everybody has to face them, and it doesn't make any difference what the crisis is.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.
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I wish that television would stop selling our hatred of ourselves, and start seducing us with our love of ourselves.
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I have a 'Mailer-Breslin and the 51st State' poster, and a neon-pink sign of Raoul's in SoHo, one of my favorite restaurants.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
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I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.
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Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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There's so much else to do in the world. To just be interested in doing films would limit my life.
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Nobody seems to know yet how television is going to affect the radio, movies, love, housekeeping or the church, but it has definitely revived vaudeville.
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A painting of a person can be descriptive, but for me it's about all the things that make up a picture - the feelings, the brushstrokes - more than describing somebody. People latch on to the personalities when they talk about my work and forget the other parts.
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And I always like to stress, it's not a quota, not a set-aside, it's not about race, it's about giving opportunities to demonstrate their abilities to do work with the Federal Government.
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I don't want to spoil the magic, but it's a very curious thing that honestly baffles me. It's the nearest we'll ever get to playing God, to suddenly produce these fully formed creatures. It is a bit odd. Other aspects you work out more - you rework sentences, you rework imagery. But not characters.
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I have to say that when I first started singing, I didn't think it was a very noble profession. I worked for people like Robert Kennedy and I thought: 'Wow, that's what it's about. That's how you change the world.' And then I watched that disintegrate in front of my eyes, and it was very discouraging.
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The way I become friends with somebody is a slow process. You can't just spill your guts and tell them everything about yourself and expect them to listen and understand you because you don't know them. It's the same thing with a relationship.
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I would love to work with Pharrell one day. Like, my biggest dream.
