Damon Albarn Quotes
Whether people like it or not, China is incredibly important to the future of mankind. For me, this is something that we all need to have intelligent discussions about in America, in Britain, in Europe.
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I was perhaps about 10 years old when a local farmer rang us up to say he had found a young badger and would we take it in. So we did; it was a female called Bessy and she lived in the boiler room. She was extremely intelligent, had a very low opinion of cats but loved the dogs. She was pretty well trained; she went in the car.
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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Drama school introduced me to a world I had no idea about. I wasn't brought up in a literary household at all.
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I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.
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If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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I did not have a van, or wear Birkenstocks and tie-dyes.
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
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I can't even be around children. It's a problem. My ovaries start screaming.
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Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly insignificant, slipping away. Earth's seven oceans seem vast and impenetrable, but a closer look tells another story.
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In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.
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I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.
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I have born-again Christians in my family, and they are completely against abortion... Everybody's got to stop being afraid of it real soon. Who's going to do it if a woman's network doesn't? People are going to be dying.
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If I was to keep playing, I had to play in Detroit, and it just wasn't for me anymore.
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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I think I surprise some people because a lot of the time, I roll out of bed and go to school, and it's like I don't wear anything that interesting sometimes.
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I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.
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I am flattered that they think that many people would enjoy my work. I don't approach any genre a different way than I may approach another one. I treat every role I do like a role worthy of applying whatever kind of tactic, process and talent I have.
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Listening to and understanding our inner sufferings will resolve most of the problems we encounter.
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What's important is Welsh football and that it progresses.
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People's perceptions of me have nothing to do with reality. I'm basically just your average dork.
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The typical response from people when I tell them I'm diabetic is, 'Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.' You know, I'm not. I'm a better athlete because of diabetes rather than despite it. I'm more aware of my training, my fitness and more aware of nutrition. I'm more proactive about my health.
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Whether people like it or not, China is incredibly important to the future of mankind. For me, this is something that we all need to have intelligent discussions about in America, in Britain, in Europe.
