Hans-Ulrich Obrist Quotes
Most cities have a centre surrounded by suburbs, but London has numerous centres: it's the model of a twenty-first century metropolis.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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I was vegetarian for a long time, and in the last four years I started eating chicken and fish. I feel like it really built up my strength a lot.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.
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Our universities also have a lot of foreign students. Are we going to ban them access because in their culture there's a certain type of clothing?
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People say, 'Wow, you've achieved it all this year: two world championship wins and an Olympic gold medal.' And I think, 'Yeah, but how come I feel so unsatisfied and under pressure all over again?'
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I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.
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I'm the diva from the future. The next gig's on the moon. Catch me while you can.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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Emotional messiness is my reason for life. In acting, it's so important.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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I'm not a Facebook girl. Even though there is a fake Facebook with my name, it's not me. I'm not on Twitter; it's not me.
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In '94, we made the deal during collective bargaining that wasn't the right deal, just to save the season. Allowing the 'in the crease' rule, the foot-in-the-crease rule, we should have not done.
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That's what I've wanted to do my whole life, just act. When I was younger, I loved to entertain people. I always used to make up dance routines, do little plays. I love to perform, basically.
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I write almost every single part of my songs, even the actual drum parts sometimes, whether they be simple or layered with many different instruments.
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
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I will not get very far with this attitude.
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The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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Mentorship is really important. I really like to talk to people who have been in the music industry much longer than me about artists' block, things I'm struggling with, or the music business. It's really important for artists to have a community. Sometimes you can feel quite isolated.
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Our model of the cosmos must be as inexhaustible as the cosmos. A complexity that includes not only duration but creation, not only being but becoming, not only geometry but ethics. It is not the answer we are after, but only how to ask the question.
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I just sing. You have to use it.
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Democracy is not enough. If the culture dies, the country dies.
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Most cities have a centre surrounded by suburbs, but London has numerous centres: it's the model of a twenty-first century metropolis.
