Damon Albarn Quotes
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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It's great to play somebody's wife, but not all the time. There's so many other stories to tell.
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The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.
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I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.
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To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons.
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I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.
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I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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I actually buy the paper version of The New York Times maybe once or twice a week.
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Most people are interested in seeing 27-year-old women who are in movies somehow connected to sex. It's interesting to everyone. Especially little movies that are having trouble getting made, there's always sex.
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It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.
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Hollywood's all about, 'Let's make this easy: This is what you do, so you go over here in this group, and we're not gonna call you.'
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
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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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You have to take criticism with a grain of salt because you're never going to please everybody.
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At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'
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This Islam business kidnapped me.
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I always wanted to be the person to whom people looked forward to give opportunities. As opposed to always being the person who wants to work with others and who is always the backup: where it's like, 'If nothing works out then OK, let's get this person.'
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Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins. Republics and limited monarchies derive their strength and vigor from a popular examination into the action of the magistrates.
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The engine is the heart of an aeroplane, but the pilot is its soul.
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Traditional businesses can say, 'We're going to sell widgets to people, and it will make X amount of profit.' But new business models are hard.
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With 'Black Panther,' it was like stepping up to the plate, working crazy hours, and still bringing your best to the table every time.
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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.
