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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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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The mortgage crisis is a clear instance of consumers who needed protection. There was predatory lending to people who didn't know what they were doing.
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No two wars are ever the same. Some are just, some are unjust, but the basic commonality shared between them all is that young men and women heeded a call to service, overcame their fear, and fought for their side.
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However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions to it.
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It's hard not to love Roomba. Roomba had such an amazing impact on the field. When we launched, we asked people, 'Is it a robot?' and got an overwhelming no - 'robots' have arms and legs; they command data. There was a very strong perception that robots had to look like people.
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If you have not noticed, we are preparing for war. I’m sorry if that inconveniences you.
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Personally, I am dead against the burning of books.
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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.
