Thomas Edward Yorke Quotes
One person can't change the world. But Thom Yorke can, because he's two people. Both of them are Thom Yorke.
Quotes to Explore
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No one can occupy your generosity except you. Who can occupy your patience when impatience roars through you? Who except you can choose not to act with judgment when all of your thoughts are judgmental? Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you intend to live it, it lives you.
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I had no expectations of white people at all.
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People take things so seriously.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
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I don't like allegories.
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I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
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I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.
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Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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I can't remember writing any of the songs that I've written.
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When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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You can be obsessed with makeup and hair products and, you know, your appearance and still be absolutely making smart life decisions and work on your smarts, develop your smarts by studying something like math. Then you'll make much better decisions on the brands of clothing that you buy or whatever it is that you want.
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When people get things for free, they tend to not take them as seriously.
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Artists and art institutions have to learn how to play hardball. A democratic society needs a democratic art and we have a right to demand it.
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There's a certain nostalgia and romance in a place you left.
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I keep one simple rule that I only move in one direction - I write the book straight through from beginning to end. By following time's arrow, I keep myself sane.
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It's about people rising up in Ferguson and in Egypt and in Occupy Wall Street and in every place where a community has had enough and decides to make change happen. It's not about praising one charismatic leader but celebrating thousands of them... 'Black Messiah' is not one man. It's a feeling that, collectively, we are all that leader.
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I joined the church choir because there were these two hot chicks. Then people started giving me compliments. 'You really have a good voice.' Really? I just joined the choir for these girls.
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Way too many people believe Republicans are anti-immigrant, anti-woman, anti-science, anti-gay, anti-worker.
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One person can't change the world. But Thom Yorke can, because he's two people. Both of them are Thom Yorke.
