Cory Arcangel Quotes
I'm afraid of losing my sense of trying to always be better. I love competition against myself.
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I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.
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I am very much in favor of women's rights, being a woman myself, and I support intelligent, successful, independent working women.
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I think any branding for me is band-related. It's really weird to get used to the exposure, because I am a naturally introverted person, and I'm not exactly social. Occasionally I can get comfortable enough to talk, but I spend a lot of my days not talking, especially when I'm at home and not on tour.
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Our favorite holding period is forever.
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Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.
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When you love somebody, and they have a child, you love their child. You just accept it as a part of who they are, and you care about them and theirs.
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I'm really nearsighted, which has served me well.
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Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
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Not everybody is a great rapper; not everybody lives for the art of lyricism.
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I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
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Someone made me a Leaf Coneybear finger puppet. Someone made me a portrait of me on some chocolate. I'm keeping it. I daren't eat such a work of art. It's so unique and so fun that fans do that. It's incredibly flattering. I like it when people spend time on me. People don't spend the same amount of time on my brother who's an insurance broker.
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My vigor, vitality and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from.
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By knowing your character so well you can't go wrong. All of us kind of fell into that.
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I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.
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I have my favourite fashion decade, yes, yes, yes: '60s. It was a sort of little revolution; the clothes were amazing but not too exaggerated.
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'The Road' was a movie that has a good reputation, even though it wasn't released very well, but that's a movie I'm very proud of.
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All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
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Giving back is the right thing to do, whether it's donating clothing or even just a smile to someone who needs it.
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Europe sees itself as a liberal-minded society. It has no desire to be, nor can it be, a "Christian club".
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Nothing is absolute in security.
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Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not part of conduct of a gallant or generous man to take up arms against a woman.
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I'm afraid of losing my sense of trying to always be better. I love competition against myself.
