Martin Garrix (Martijn Gerard Garritsen) Quotes
I didn't start my label out of a business perspective. I did it because I wanted to create a platform where new musicians can have the chance to get into a studio, work with each other, and get their music noticed by a large audience.
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.
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I really enjoy dancing. When there's music around, I can't help it; I start dancing, especially when I'm with friends.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
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I think there are plenty of Libertarians that are socially conservative.
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Throughout my life I have always been amazed that people couldn't listen to other people, that they couldn't hear their best intent, that there seemed to be an enormous need to demonize.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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With Twitter, you can build your own virtual trading floor and research department, populated by the smartest people on earth. Almost any subject or sector has you can think of, you can find a few people with an expertise in that area.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.
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I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her.
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I have always held the religion of Muhammad in high estimation because of its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion which appears to me to possess that assimilating capability to the changing phase of existence which can make itself appeal to every age... I have studied him - the wonderful man, and in my opinion far from being an Anti-Christ he must be called the Saviour of Humanity.
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I had a happy childhood and acceptance in the community.
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For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East.
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A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between work and play.
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There are some projects where you have to just start doing it, and, after a while, the show starts telling you what it wants to be. You put your spirit in and, after a while, something bigger takes over, and it turns out to be much more fun and creative than what it was at the beginning.
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I didn't start my label out of a business perspective. I did it because I wanted to create a platform where new musicians can have the chance to get into a studio, work with each other, and get their music noticed by a large audience.
