Jack White Quotes
There are distractions, all around. There's so much media, for a young kid to battle against, to get to something soulful. You have to make a decision, on your own, what you can take from these people, if you can dig deeper. It's nice to be able to let people dig deeper.
Quotes to Explore
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Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager.
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
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Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
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All the rappers my age are getting Audemars and Rolexes. I want to find my own thing. That's why I travel the world - for me, that's my B-side, why we go places. I have a Hublot on from time to time but I want a home base watch - something that's elegant but has got a little pizzazz to it.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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Watching 'Girls' has just given me renewed courage.
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I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.
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Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
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I've made it my mission to make movies starring African American actors and about the African American experience and put them in the mainstream. They're very universal stories I've told - every movie I've done.
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I invite people to read the hundreds of positive articles instead of getting affected by the occasional outburst from a troll.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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When I played in a band, people just stand there and look at you and criticize what they didn't like. But if you watch a D.J. show, people go crazy from beginning to end. Say what you want against D.J.'s, but you can't deny that the energy level in the audience is for the most part far above what rock bands have.
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Publishing is a business, and I completely understand it. But when you don't have to depend on writing for your identity or your income, you can do whatever you want.
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I don't think I'd be a very good parent. I'd be too honest.
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My point of view is that if I love a certain kind of beauty, I want more of that beauty. I don't need 200 different beauties.
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The people on programmes like 'Made in Chelsea' just want to be celebrities. It's so depressing. No proper actor has that as a goal. I'm striving for longevity in my career.
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The landmine is eternally prepared to take victims. In common parlance, it is the perfect soldier, the 'eternal sentry.' The war ends, the landmine goes on killing.
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I've watched and learnt from DJs and remixers and paid way more attention to how I want my voice to sound. Before, as long as it was loud and in tune it was fine. I've discovered the difference made by various microphones and effects, so each track has a different vocal sound, my voice is woven into everything and it's above everything.
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I remember breaking the news to both my parents that I wanted to be a director, and they both looked very doubtful. They didn't know what a closet Hindi film buff I was. I used to dance to old Hindi films songs on the sly, so my decision to be a part of Hindi cinema was shocking even for my parents.
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I did stand-up for a good number of years while I was still living in New York, and those people primarily knew me as 'the kid stand-up.'
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There are distractions, all around. There's so much media, for a young kid to battle against, to get to something soulful. You have to make a decision, on your own, what you can take from these people, if you can dig deeper. It's nice to be able to let people dig deeper.
