Oliver Sykes (Oliver Scott "Oli" Sykes) Quotes
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.
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Experience by itself is not science.
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My kitchen looks like the one from my childhood - very homey, with a little bit of Alice in Wonderland!
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I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'
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For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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The one snack I really love is YoCrunch yogurt. It's like an apple pie in a cup! You have your apples on the bottom, your yogurt in the middle, and piecrust crumbs on top.
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'Independents' - the industry term for companies that have more capital and know-how than the typical 'wildcatter' - can grow either by exploring and finding reserves or by buying a company that already has them.
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If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms.
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I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.
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As a little kid, I watched hip hop get created. So it's an honour for me to represent the Bronx, the motherland of hip hop.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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India needs to sustain its high growth rate.
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It's very hard to self-motivate without someone standing over you snarling, ready to hurl the chalk at your head at the slightest slackening.
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Being in nature is very important to me. I'm not a glamour puss.
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Ever since I was younger, I would make table reads at home where I would give fake interviews.
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There is spontaneity to my work.
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I would argue that if you understand how the cells of the brain are organized into circuits, almost computational circuits if you will, and we see how information flows through those circuits and how it's transformed, we might have a much firmer grasp on why our brains make decisions the way that they do. If we get a handle on that, maybe we can overcome some of our limitations and at the very least we'll understand why we do what we do.
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I'll put my conservative record up against anybody's record. I have a 10-year career in public service, and I'm proud of the things I've been able to accomplish.
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Making movies is hard for me. Being on set is very trying. I'm not good at being that communicative for that long. Editing is where I'm happiest.
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I'm a practicing Catholic. And faith is very, very important to me. It was pounded in my head as a kid, and I hated it. And I sort of lost my way in my 20s and part of my 30s and then found my way back. And I don't know what I'd do without it. It's huge in my life.
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Everything I loved became everything I've lost.
