Damon Albarn Quotes
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My parents have a strong work ethic, but their attitude to life, their philosophy, is: 'whatever makes you happy.'
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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And the beautiful open spaces, the forests of Pennsylvania, the recreational uses that come from having these green open spaces and forests, they contribute dramatically to the level of our tourism, dramatically.
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My mom, she's the strict one. If we did something bad, we'd get a whippin' but nothing too bad.
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Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.
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I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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You can talk about and think about Muslims as you want, but you can't stop Muslims from building a mosque. You can hate Muslims from the comfort of your house or publicly, but when that becomes stopping Muslims from building a mosque or worshipping, then we are crossing the line into something else.
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Change is inevitable, and you can't stop that change. You say, 'Wait, stop,' and it just drives right over you.
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Films like 'Bond' fund training schemes for film technicians of the future, and working on films themselves provides a great training ground for budding directors and cinematographers. If there's no money there for films to be made, it's like a house of cards, it all comes tumbling down.
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.
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The truth is - I found myself doing these huge action-adventure movies, and um, and which are cool man. And I really love doing them. And thankfully I haven't had too much dialogue, because if I had I would have really made a mess of it. You know what I mean?
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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
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A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.
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By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.
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A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
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I think comedy is the perfect vehicle for that which is slightly beyond life.
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Wine lovers have known for centuries that decanting wine before serving it often improves its flavor. Whatever the dominant process, the traditional decanter is a rather pathetic tool to accomplish it. A few years ago, I found I could get much better results by using an ordinary kitchen blender.
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To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.
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As soon as it sounds fine, I'm on to the next thing, man.
