Thomas Edward Yorke Quotes
I've been reading a book lately. That book is Thom Yorke, and the conclusion is that he's brilliant.
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I never was for telephones. Just don't like them, that's all. Anybody wants to talk to you, they can come to see you.
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Painting bodies with the patterns of Kusama's hallucinations obliterated their individual selves and returned them to the infinite universe.
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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Someone told me, 'When you go see Pearl Jam, it's going to be a spiritual experience,' and it was. It was my first time seeing them live, and I've been a lifelong fan. Eddie Vedder's voice is a million times better live, and I couldn't believe the passion he put into every single song.
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I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.
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I've been accused of wanting to allow terrorists to have weapons to attack America.
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When I was little, I got into a little accident, and it gave me congenital glaucoma in both of my eyes.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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I won't allow magazines in the house. When I was younger, I wanted to have my hair cut like so-and-so in the class above me at school, not somebody in a magazine. You see young girls trying to dress like so-and-so because they've seen lots of pictures of them.
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
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Then all of a sudden, Quentin Tarantino comes along and puts a song from 40 years ago in one of his films and they've suddenly discovered you. That was a real gift that Quentin gave me.
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I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.
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I'll work out with my trainer twice a week, and I'll do some Power Pilates and might throw in some yoga. I love to row also. The main thing for me is just to move every single day for 30 minutes to an hour.
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Time will tell how you rate against the rest of the competition. I'll let everyone else worry about championships. I'm going to worry about qualifying at Pomona.
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl. I am now competing in an arena where I can hold my head high. I feel quite confident in what I'm doing now, much more than the singing. I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.
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It is only when there is the supervision and critical oversight from the people that the government will be in a position to do an even better job, and employees of government departments will be the true public servants of the people.
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Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were friends and the last people I expected would predecease me. They were, in a sense, casualties of fame.
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I can't stand people that do not take food seriously.
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Let me be dressed as I will, yet flies worms and flowers exceed me still.
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Try to improve. Don't expect too much, but don't feel discouraged either; keep up your enthusiasm; you will make progress.
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I've been reading a book lately. That book is Thom Yorke, and the conclusion is that he's brilliant.
