Matt Groening Quotes
Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to.
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I feel like most creative people are total freaks.
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I think what people get confused about is that they want to label me as this EDM girl, but a lot of this stuff is genre-less.
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If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.
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Bollywood music is definitely a big part of Indian music and can be a great way to introduce people to the sound. But I hope to continue to incorporate other types of Indian music into my work.
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And once the music is out there, when you're selling a record and selling music and people are going to do whatever they want with it, it's kind of hard to resist certain opportunities, especially in the record market now.
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So as I was growing up, my father was always in the middle of making a film or preparing a film. It was a full-time, all-consuming type of operation.
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I don't think the 9/11 attacks taught us anything we didn't already know about religion. It has long been obvious - even to the deeply religious - that religious fanaticism is an extremely dangerous deranger of otherwise sane and goodhearted people.
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We want enough people adopting Bitcoin for a robust infrastructure. It's an act of patriotism. It gives the country a robust parallel system.
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We were elected in a wave because the people in America, if they had a single issue that troubled them the most, it was that health care vote.
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It's surreal to think that I own this beautiful island. It doesn't feel like anyone can own Lanai. What it feels like to me is this really cool 21st-century engineering project, where I get to work with the people of Lanai to create a prosperous and sustainable Eden in the Pacific.
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I think that God prepared me for Chris's death in some ways, because I've seen other people lose their spouses. I've known for a long time that life isn't fair.
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The line between anime and regular animation is very difficult to cross, even for people who have been doing anime successfully for years.
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I always say that people should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion.
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I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things.
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I imagine if Spotify becomes something that people are willing to pay for, then I'm sure iTunes will just create their own service, and they're actually fair to artists.
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People have to learn who they are - you can't have somebody else telling you who you are.
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I love writing but hate starting. The page is awfully white, and it says, 'You may have fooled some of the people some of the time, but those days are over, giftless. I'm not your agent, and I'm not your mommy; I'm a white piece of paper. You wanna dance with me?' and I really, really don't. I'll go peaceable-like.
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Most people think I'm immodest.
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People misinterpret what I say all the time: They think I'm being offensive, when really, I'm only being opinionated.
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Habit is Heaven's own redress:it takes the place of happiness.
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I don't like talking about which bits I like or don't like about my body. Everybody has something they're not happy with, and my only advice would be, 'Do something about it - exercise or eat less, but don't do nothing!' Find ways to enhance the good bits and camouflage the bad bits.
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Software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware becomes faster.
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I've had faith my whole life that there was someone looking out for me, a spirit guide, a soul guide.
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Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to.
