Maynard James Keenan Quotes
Every now and then, you get people who tend to forget what this country is about, which is a melting pot of races and cultures and freedom of speech.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.'
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All I know is stars and hits, you know what I mean? I don't just sign a guy because he has a hot record. I sign a guy because he's a star. He's a pillar of the community.
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Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with hot flashes.
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In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.
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Memory is a net: one finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.
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I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.
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The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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At the end, it's your movie and your performance that stands out. So if I am a good actor, and if am being part of good entertaining engaging films, audiences will like me.
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There's always a mismatch between small entrepreneurial outfits and large companies, which often don't have the same outlook.
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I'm an emotional guy.
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He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
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It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.
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If I didn't love the hourglass, I wouldn't love myself.
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
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If you spend time alone in the wilderness, you get very attuned to living things.
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One of the reasons I write is to be in other people's skin.
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Success made me self-sufficient, but it also took away my anonymity. I'm just this quiet nobody, and all of a sudden people are nervous around me. That was kind of weird.
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Most people don't hold a job for 45 years. They pass on or want to retire. I don't want to retire. My real goal is to do 50 years on 'Sesame Street,' and I only got 4-and-a-half years to go.
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Every now and then, you get people who tend to forget what this country is about, which is a melting pot of races and cultures and freedom of speech.
