John Densmore Quotes
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With a 3D printer, you could build your own car, one part at a time. When you were finished, you'd have an automobile that is extremely lightweight because it is made of plastic, which is good because you'd need to carry it because it is made of plastic.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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Terrorism will spill over if you don't speak up.
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Live performances always feel like such a moment with all of the costumes and theatrics.
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I enjoy building more than managing.
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Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards.
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I really, really loved making 'This Is My Life' and 'Now and Then.'
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I'm 5-feet-9, I have a deep voice, and I have a way with a line. What can I do about it? I can't stay home waiting for something different. I think it's a total waste of energy worrying about typecasting.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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I am not some goddess that dropped down from the sky to sing pop music; I am not some extra-incredible human person that needs to be told how wonderful they are all day and kissed.
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I never really fitted in, because I've always been interested in really dark things.
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Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know. I truly believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail, learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.
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I got a little bit lost in the writing process: like, that moment in the 'Fight Song' music video where I'm throwing the crumpled paper on the bed, that was really true life. I was filling journals with different possibilities of lyrics for the first verse. And none of them felt right.
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Nature builds things that are antifragile. In the case of evolution, nature uses disorder to grow stronger. Occasional starvation or going to the gym also makes you stronger, because you subject your body to stressors and gain from them.
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Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.
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From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.
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Imagination creates some big monsters.
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Some of my academic friends think I've fallen from a very special grace.
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I've always asked to be able to speak and write about injustice and to do it in a way that would encourage people to make things better for everyone.
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The idea of not being able to control my own fertility genuinely terrifies me. That one mistake might change your life. That everything I am, and do, could be ended by the repeal of laws our mothers fought so hard for, that women had waited for the entire span of humanity to come about.
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I'm fortunate enough to be living my dreams and a lot of other peoples' dreams.
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Winners expect to win before the contest starts; losers don't. Any individual becomes what he or she thinks about most. If you want to be a champion, then that thought must dominate your life. But most important, winners dwell on the rewards of winning; losers dwell on the penalties of failure.
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All of it made me think about this book I want to write. It's about greed.
