Sean Lennon Quotes
For me, songwriting is something that I have to do ritually. I don't just wait for inspiration; I try to write a little bit every day.
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Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
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One of the problems with defending free speech is you often have to defend people that you find to be outrageous and unpleasant and disgusting.
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I'm not religious, I'm not romantic and I live purely by logic. I make every decision by logic and sometimes that leads me to the right and sometimes to the wrong decision.
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You are the only you. That means you don't lose roles to anybody else. There's no competition, so they either want you or they don't want you, and it's not that they wanted someone else over you.
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Hold the door for a lady. Wait until a lady is out of the elevator.
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On what can we now place our hopes of solving the many riddles which still exist as to the origin and composition of cosmic rays? It must be emphasized here above all that to attain really decisive progress greater funds must be made available.
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When I interview celebrities, I always try to throw them off balance. My favorite is to ask 'em about crazy sex stuff like donkey punches and Monroe transfers. Works every time.
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As a boy, I had an uncle, T. G. Bond, who lived near Moreton Hampstead and who was passionately devoted to Dartmoor. He inspired me with the same love.
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This country-right-or-wrong business is getting a little out-of-date.. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.
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A lot of our leadership has become acutely aware of speaking more fairly, of speaking more balanced, of recognizing that hate speech in any form, even if it comes out of emotional anger, is dangerous.
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Beware of the company you keep. See that you associate with the right type of people.
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I think that I've had a very strange life.
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Education is the gateway to the American Dream. But today our immigration laws make higher education - a virtual requirement for financial security - out of reach for more than one million undocumented students.
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Part of being out there, campaigning, talking to people, is being able to read body language.
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Once you do one bad guy, usually all you get offered is bad guys. But I've been able to do different things.
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By the very nature of satire or parody, you have to love and respect your target and respect it enough to understand every aspect of it, so you can more effectively make fun of it.
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When I race in Australia or Korea or Japan, I know it will be a big change for me because Ferrari fans are worldwide. It's very nice if you win, but it's not so good if you lose. All this is part of being a Ferrari driver.
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Theoretically the human is supposed to be the smart one so as you get acquainted with the horse, you explore what it's going to take for him to understand what you would like him do, with as little trouble as possible. You're trying to avoid conflict, not trying to create it.
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When I was at Upright Citizens Brigade, I would pretend to be a sad, drunk rapper.
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If you had a person in your life treating you the way you treat yourself, you would have gotten rid of them a long time ago...
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I am not facing the problem of emigration. I want my music to be acknowledged here first of all, in this country: after that, we shall see - perhaps the question will than become urgent.
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I've always used music for my acting, and I do have a kind of a very personal play list that I create.
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For me, songwriting is something that I have to do ritually. I don't just wait for inspiration; I try to write a little bit every day.
