Damien Chazelle Quotes
In a weird way, I'm always going to ground myself. I'm an insecure kind of pessimist, but I'm always kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.
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I grew up hiking and horseback riding in Tennessee, so I love being outside. I will joyfully run 12 miles, but I'm not very good at boot camps. When they start yelling, I start laughing.
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A lot of women find that their workwear acts as armour.
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I usually say I left puberty at 58.
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Yes, there is plenty of hard work for them in addition to that which they do when they appear, smiling and happy, when the curtain goes up. Giving a performance is the least of their worries.
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There's something that happens with the collection of a large amount of data when it's dumped into an Excel spreadsheet or put into a pie chart. You run the risk of completely missing what it's about.
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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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I think what human beings need is to be able to laugh at the absurd, hold on to ambiguity, and learn to love nuance, instead of making everything one or the other, and structurally, so much of the Internet and online publishing doesn't have room for any of that.
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My dad is a gentle and brilliant Iranian violinist.
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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
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Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.
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Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
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It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.
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A pitcher will never be a big winner until he hates hitters.
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Bald is the new black!
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If I had chosen the populist course, it would have been a breach of the trust placed in me by the people.
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In the 1960s, and stretching back to the 1930s, it was felt by many economists that easy money is a reliable way to increase employment.
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I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.
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I really see no other solution than to turn inwards and to root out all the rottenness there. I no longer believe that we can change anything in the world until we first change ourselves. And that seems to me the only lesson to be learned.
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I had a moment where I was like, 'I'm so tired of waiting for other people to accept me.'
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Do you honestly think that if Senator Santorum becomes president, we're going to get rid of contraceptives?
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Working in front of the camera keeps me alive. I couldn't care less about actors' trailers and food on sets and stuff like that - I just want to act.
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In a weird way, I'm always going to ground myself. I'm an insecure kind of pessimist, but I'm always kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop.
