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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This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it.
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Science fiction is what we point to when we say it.
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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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I came from nothing really to something; I came from the gutter to making the gutters.
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When the dark days come, many wonderful moments, those will all seem dead and empty to you. It will take practice and even hard work to find the joy sometimes.
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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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I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.
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The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow.
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The crazy thing about the dab is like - dance moves, once you create them, they last forever.
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Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
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The more desperate you are, the more mistakes you make.
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
