Yasumasa Morimura Quotes
By putting a border line between life and death, we separate the world of death from our world of life, casting the dead away into the "world of oblivion".
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I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.
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It's an error in judgment to bounce into starting a small business before you cash in on building a strong foundation.
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You don't go out and change your gender for a television show, O.K.? It ain't happening. I don't care who you are.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
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With Nine Inch Nails, it's all Trent Reznor. So when we get a new record from Nine Inch Nails, it depends on what side of the bed Trent's waking up on and what he's been eating lately and what he's been into. Because he's preparing the whole meal.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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I can knit quite well. I make really long scarves.
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There's an energy in an urban core that you just don't get anywhere else.
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It could be that all awful dictators are frustrated artists - Mao with his poetry and Mussolini with his monuments. Stalin was once a journalistic hack, and I can personally testify to how frustrated they are. Pol Pot left a very edgy photo collection behind. And Osama seems quite interested in video.
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People associate girls with long blonde hair with the girls in 'Clueless' or 'Legally Blonde.' You can't be smart and educated and have an opinion because you are supposed to be stupid.
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Children in their young teens are just moving into the moment when they are most receptive to philosophy and psychology. You can explore these things in stories and, in doing so, give them power and control.
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My favorite car is a '69 Barracuda.
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I have to prove myself in a lot of ways - as an actor, as a person, as someone who can handle pressure.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
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I love having wine with my meals. And if I splurge, I'm going to splurge big, because if I deny my cravings, it just ends up backfiring on me, you know?
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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Usually, you have one blocking, one catching tight end.
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When it comes to Nintendo products, I gotta go with the new stuff.
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I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
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You focus on the here and now in order to escape existence forever and vanish into Nirvana. There is another religious impulse that is the opposite of this. It uses a world elsewhere in order to affirm life and give a reason to "go forth and multiply".
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By putting a border line between life and death, we separate the world of death from our world of life, casting the dead away into the "world of oblivion".
