Malik Bendjelloul Quotes
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The pop-star thing bores me because it's somebody programming someone else. Stand over here, sing that, no, sing it like this, talk like that, when they ask you this, don't say that, say this, hold that, drive this, stay here, live there - you're not even a human being. You're a puppet.
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The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.
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Imperfection is perfection.
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Change is no threat to culture.
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I don't see women and think of them as competition or with judgment. Women really move me. I feel connected to all kinds of women. I am angry because I think we've been mistreated throughout history in different countries, including America. I admire women.
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I realize that things happen for a reason.
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In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
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I am supposed to set an example to young players.
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Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.
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Nature is the incarnation of thought. The world is the mind precipitated.
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I'm a decent tennis player. Good backhand.
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People who don't know me look at my world as something very hard-core, and I don't feel it that way. It's not what attracts me.
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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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My mom is incredibly stylish, and she gets it from my grandmother. I feel like I can't live up to how chic they are as women. They are great role models for aging gracefully, and that's a thing that is very key that I try to always emulate.
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You keep learning all the time.
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The importance of local governance may not be obvious to an America accustomed to treating city and state downfalls with doses of federal comeuppance. Sometimes there's a reason for that - the Civil War. More often, all reasoning seems absent - No Child Left Behind.
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I try to eat healthy. But sometimes, though, I eat cheeseburgers. That's good for the soul. I make sure to balance everything out. I drink tons of water.
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'Twin Peaks' fans, it's a hardcore group of people.
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There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page, it's not just a collection of notes.
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I'm an actor. And I guess I've done so many movies I've achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant.
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You can read and read, but nothing eclipses experience.
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I've wanted to be an actor since I was 6 years old. I was literally picked off the streets of Paris... while I was modeling there. I was asked to audition for Oliver Stone's 'Alexander.' I didn't get the part, but that led to commercials and roles in South Africa.
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No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
