MF DOOM (Daniel Dumile) Quotes
Hip-hop is so saturated with the same old same old that people always expect the guy to actually be the guy. They want you to be real and straight from the streets and all that.
Quotes to Explore
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Ancient Egyptians went to great lengths to avoid change; they couldn't entirely do so, of course, but did preserve a cultural continuity for almost four thousand years.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And so when there's a little intonation problem, people are very forgiving of them because they heard how soulful they play.
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It might be useful to distinguish between pleasure and joy. But maybe everybody does this very easily, all the time, and only I am confused.
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I don't like people who get into fights about football - or anything else.
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My best friend is my husband.
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There were uncles in my life that definitely knew the street life.
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Let me encourage you, if someone has wronged you, and you still get that cringing feeling on the inside when you see or think about that person, take it to God and allow Him to keep your heart soft and sensitive.
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A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
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When you make your living as a singer, you have to go where the gigs are.
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If you have a reputation as a big, stiff bureaucracy, you're stuck.
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Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again.
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I think badminton has a real legacy with more youngsters taking up the sport. Badminton has done really well in that regard compared to other sports.
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And I like music, too, I like playing music.
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I'm not a guy that ever got in a fight on the street and with the public and everybody.
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I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.
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Mr. Edison worked endlessly on a problem, using the method of elimination. If a person asked him if he were discouraged because so many attempts proved unavailing, he would say, "No, I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.".
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I learned that it's OK to be stubborn about your craft, and it's OK to demand excellence from the industry.
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The more contact we have with one another and the more we come to understand each other's values, the greater will be our mutual respect.
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Whoever's calm and sensible is insane!
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Hip-hop is so saturated with the same old same old that people always expect the guy to actually be the guy. They want you to be real and straight from the streets and all that.
