Natsuki Takaya Quotes
If you didn't have someone to hate, you wouldn't know what to do with yourself, would you?
Quotes to Explore
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I was raised in Topanga Canyon. It's an eclectic community up in the Santa Monica mountains. A lot of musicians lived there - Joni Mitchell, Neil Young - as well as artists and craftspeople.
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Suddenly you're surrounded by strangers who want something from you. The thing is, they don't know what they want, and you don't know what they want, unless it's an autograph, and you just sort of stand there grinning at one another.
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You have got to pay attention, you have got to study and you have to do your homework. You have to score higher than everybody else. Otherwise, there is always somebody there waiting to take your place.
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That is what fame is, isn't it? To get the world to fall in love with you.
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Any form of art is political if you make it that way.
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You want to find out what it is about you or what it is about your past and your lineage that's in you now, and whether you carry those traits and maybe what one's mission is to take it to the next level.
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I got into beards right in the middle of the hipster boom.
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Architecture begins where engineering ends.
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Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn't be escapism.
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We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on.
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I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction.
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Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
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I hate how late we have our Olympic Trials, always have.
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Sometimes I do need to go to karaoke, sometimes I need to relax.
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Most of us are not real eager to grow, myself included. We try to be happy by staying in the status quo. But if we're not willing to be honest with ourselves about what we feel, we don't evolve.
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Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.
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The world is my workshop. It is not my home.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.
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You spend enough time with someone, you're going to have your run-ins.
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I think I would have been a hopeless spy. I love telling stories and am almost entirely unable to keep a secret.
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Goodman: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.Kael: I hate it. It is very creepy being imitated.
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I hate partying. If I'm forced to go to a party or a social gathering, I go in at 9:30 and leave at 10 P.M.
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I grew up doing gymnastics. It requires discipline, eating right, getting sleep, lots of sacrifice. But the pros outweigh the sacrifice.
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If you didn't have someone to hate, you wouldn't know what to do with yourself, would you?
