Jonny Greenwood Quotes
It's kind of not about the quality of the art, as much as this is what I love doing and I'd have a worse time doing anything else. That's kind of as far as I think in terms of philosophy.
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Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
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The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking water, and if it gets contaminated, it's very costly and difficult to clean.
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If you're going to make a sequel to 'Sicario', you have to - you know, you've got to go beat a brand new path.
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Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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I went to my mum at about seven or eight and said I want to start acting, but the week before, I had said I wanted to do ballet. She said if I took acting classes for a full year, she would look further into it, and that's how it started.
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Writers are so important.
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Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage.
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I would be happy if people just called me an actor.
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As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting, put in the long hours, and make the uncomfortable but necessary decisions to achieve success.
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I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.
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The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done in an intelligent way, you attain the sovereignty to better solve national problems in cooperation with others.
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I am also hugely excited to then be competing to defend my three Paralympic titles at the Paralympic Games. I believe we will see some amazing times posted and I am very much looking forward to what will be an incredible Olympics and Paralympics in London.
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When I read for 'Girls,' I was like, 'The script says 'Handsome Carpenter,' so someone else is going to get the part. They'll have someone handsome, not me.'
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I don't think successful musicians were really put on this planet in order to have a great time, pat themselves on the back and say, 'Oh, what a clever boy I am!' I think that, like most artists, we were put on the planet to suffer just a little. And we do.
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For we by conquest, of our soveraine might, And by eternall doome of Fate's decree, Have wonne the Empire of the Heavens bright.
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How can you say when you're attracted to something? It's not easy to articulate my tastes.
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Art is about the edges and the sharp corners and those places are not conducive to activism, which is about putting on a gloss.
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It's kind of not about the quality of the art, as much as this is what I love doing and I'd have a worse time doing anything else. That's kind of as far as I think in terms of philosophy.
