Thomas Edward Yorke Quotes
Sometimes I stand in store windows and pretend to be a mannequin. People are like 'hey, that mannequin looks alot like thom yorke' Then I start to sing The Gloaming and lurch toward them and they run off horrified.
Quotes to Explore
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Life is too short to blend in.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
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The older I get the more of my mother I see in myself.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.
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If 'Deadwood' had gone on another two years, I wouldn't have got as many movies made.
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I didn't want to do something typical.
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A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
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I've had all that you could ask for. The fat lady has sung, and there's a standing ovation.
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The West has been able to bring Afghanistan a much better health service, better education, better roads, a better economy, though some have benefited more; some have benefited less from that economic well-being in Afghanistan.
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I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it's a good problem.
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I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.
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Running doesn't come easy to me, especially the first thirty or so minutes. My message is take it one step at a time.
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I do have advice for any kid actors. Just go in there and own it like you own the job already. You just have to say, 'I'm going to get this. I'm going to get this.'
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I write songs every day, but only a few of them get finished.
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I still think I am the greatest.
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The most difficult aspect of moving on is accepting that the other person already did.
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I trained myself by doing other people's songs in clubs way back when. And so I have no pride about doing covers. I love it. And being a song interpreter, to me, is just as important as, you know, putting your own thing out there. It's all about the soul - where the soul comes from.
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Sometimes I stand in store windows and pretend to be a mannequin. People are like 'hey, that mannequin looks alot like thom yorke' Then I start to sing The Gloaming and lurch toward them and they run off horrified.
