Thomas Edward Yorke Quotes
In America, there seems to be more focus on the idea that it's important to do things differently. In Britain, it's not an issue.
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Maintaining a sense of humor is key to getting people to also focus on the crises at hand.
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The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.
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I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. I wanted to photograph.
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When people talk about the impact of mobile dating, everyone focuses on real-time meeting - this idea that my pocket will vibrate every time a hot girl walks by. That's important. But it's not transformative.
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Maybe 'America first' means also that you have to deal with America first.
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When people connect to my work, it makes me feel great. A lot of that stuff is really deep, and when I play something and people feel what I feel, and use it in important situations in their lives, like at weddings or funerals, that's so powerful. It means I can connect with them on an important level.
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Touring a segregated America - forever being stopped and harassed by white cops hurt you most 'cos you don't realise the damage. You hold it in. You feel empty, like someone reached in and pulled out your guts. You feel hurt and dirty, less than a person.
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My mountaineering skills are not important to my best photographs, but they do add a component to my work that is definitely a bit different than that of most photographers.
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It's one of the great tragedies of our contemporary life in America, that families fall apart. Almost everybody has that in common.
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My dad was in the Army, so what was happening internationally and nationally was always important to my family.
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I thought our community should have a deep dialogue to make black America better. I believe if we make black America better, we make all of America better.
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I think it's important to be diverse, and I hope we continue to see that as a trend in the fashion industry.
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Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.
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One of the misperceptions that exists in the Muslim world, which needs to be fixed, is the perception that Muslims in America are - are - are living in - in very, very, very bad circumstances. They cannot practice religion freely. It is not the truth at all. The fact is, we are practicing. We fast, we pray, we do our prayers.
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What happens to the Microsofts, Oracles and IBMs of the world is that when they get big enough, they don't think they need to bring that same level of focus and energy to the end-user experience.
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America in its entirety is segregationist and is racist. It's more camouflaged in the north, but it's the same thing.
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I've realized how important it is to have women in your life. You get to a certain age where you're like, 'I need women around.'
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My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I've learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn't need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times.
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'Red Knot' is a film that I shot in Antarctica almost three years ago on a boat. It was a film that was improvised and it had very interesting circumstances while making the film, obviously. We were on a small boat bobbing around in Antarctica. It was a really remarkable experience.
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I supported Barack Obama. I wasn't very quiet about my support. I thought he was going to be a refreshing change to George Bush. But what has happened is that we have an election that's become a single-issue election, and that issue is Barack Obama. And he's an icon to both sides.
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I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind.
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The thing I like about my body is that it's strong. I can move furniture around my apartment. I can ride my horse... I can play basketball. It's a well functioning machine.
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In America, there seems to be more focus on the idea that it's important to do things differently. In Britain, it's not an issue.
