Andrew van der Bijl Quotes
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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The first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like 70 bucks. We were like, 'Oh my God!'
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In the U.S., search engines are king. That is because everyone already knows what they are looking for. Brands have been around for a long time.
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I want to play real characters rather than young leads in very plotty things. I want variety.
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I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.
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I was never really a comic-book fanatic.
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My general philosophy of playing bad guys, which I've sort of done, you know, half the time is, you know, very few people who we view as bad guys get out of bed and think, 'What evil, terrible thing am I going to do today?' Most people see their motivations as justified - as, you know, justifying whatever they do.
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I heard it in 2008 and hear it again now - this notion that the only reason one would support Hillary Clinton is because she is a woman - or only because she is experienced and smart. She is all of those things. But I am with her because... Hillary Clinton inspires me.
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With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and it's still a good buy.
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Shopping turns me off.
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Hamish is worried about ending up like my parents, who each spend time in their two homes in Bundanoon and Sydney. But that's how their marriage has lasted.
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Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living.
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You don't have to own squirrels and starlings to get enjoyment from them … One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals. Dogs would pursue their natural lives in the wild … they would have full lives, not wasting at home for someone to come home in the evening and pet them and then sit there and watch TV.
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Reich and John Cage were pretty big influences on this record (Folie A Deux) in weird ways in that you wouldn't necessarily hear any of it - nothing ends up sounding like either of them, but I think just methodology and things like that ended up on the record in various ways.
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We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our effects on others.
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I've been involved with blood donation since the 1980s because there is a critical need.
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I went to see 'Star Trek Into Darkness,' and J.J. Abrams, who's a friend of mine, made this film, and I went to see it at the premiere. Believe it or not, I was really blown away by the comic timing of it.
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It is not necessary to be too avant-garde, because you risk not being understood.
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'Fahrenheit 9/11' is astounding. Not so much as a film - although it is cunning and moving - but as an event.
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Some people are into bondage... and some people are into crossdressing... and some people are into Coldplay. It's okay, I don't mind being a fetish.
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I think that when two people are able to weave that kind of invisible thread of understanding and sympathy between each other, that delicate web, they should not risk tearing it. It is too rare, and it lasts too short a time at best.
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I've always been an animal lover. People should be made aware of all the issues. Some people think that the whole wearing-fur thing is glamorous, but you can look good without it.
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Writing is such a weird emotional thing. It's hard. If you sit down with a plan to write something, it's going to be harder.
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The Church is larger than any one nation or any one political scene.
