Jonny Greenwood Quotes
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity.
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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.
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A rap dude has his rap persona, his hyper version of himself. Do you know Method Man's real name? Or Elton John, Marylin Monroe? You make up this character. That's kind of what we have done with Die Antwoord, playing with characters.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.
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I want to win football games.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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I have been working since I was 11 on everything including period dramas.
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A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn't react with a mechanic, but a human being does.
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It's a tough life being a pop star. You know, at the end of the day when you've paid all the bills and put the kids through college and that, you know, there's only enough left for a small island off the South Pacific.
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If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.
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The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.
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There are no tricks to balancing work and family. It is a struggle all the time, and you just do your best. I think men are much better at compartmentalising.
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Whatever I have done so far has led me to 'Kaabil.' It is a big opportunity for me to establish myself more commercially. It is a huge platform.
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Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances.
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I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.
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Vinyl is the real deal. I've always felt like, until you buy the vinyl record, you don't really own the album. And it's not just me or a little pet thing or some kind of retro romantic thing from the past. It is still alive.
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It's well documented that stop-and-go traffic wears more on a vehicle than consistent-speed highway driving. No matter our driving habits, we all know we must regularly maintain our car's vitals - oil, tires, brakes, etc. Similarly, our brains and bodies perform best with a mindful focus on tasks and a routine maintenance of healthy habits.
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If you set a tone that you don't want people to be part of your team, they don't join.
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All these fifty-year-old guys wearing baseball caps and shorts and acting like children. It winds me up. Men don't have to take responsibility anymore. Most of the guys I know would punch me on the nose for saying this, but maybe we do have to bring back conscription.
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And I can't even go to the grocery store without some ones that's clean and a shirt with a team/It seems we living the American dream but people highest up got the lowest self esteem/The prettiest people do the ugliest things for the road to riches and diamond rings.
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Everything I do feels like It's going to end up being in Radiohead.
