Oneohtrix Point Never (Daniel Lopatin) Quotes
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There was never a great man who had not a great mother.
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Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
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There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor.
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People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
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I think the key for any kind of artist - and this transcends music - is a certain degree of authenticity and sincerity.
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If people want to think I'm an Indian prince, I don't want to dispel that notion.
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I live in the present. When I finish a film, it is behind me. My reward is in my work, not in a lot of old memories.
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I do interviews because it's a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don't have any great wisdom.
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The Nigerians have been very instrumental in preserving stability in Sierra Leone. They have done this at considerable cost in dollars and Nigerian lives. The US should encourage Nigeria to stay in Sierra Leone.
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We'll all die out eventually. Humans will be gone. And all I'm saying is, when people worry about polar bears disappearing or whatever, it's like, 'Well that's life, things will come and go, we'll find new species.'
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Anything that's made by humans is about humans, whether it's about gods or aliens or anything; it's about some sort of expressive nature about us.
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I met Bon Jovi on the way to Washington, D.C. I think I called him Jon Jovi. Ugghhhh. I just smiled and pretended it didn't happen. I love him and his wife; they're so sweet. I was very nervous.
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I never thought about money; otherwise, I would have left aged 26 when Real Madrid and Barcelona wanted me.
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My whole career has been trying to please people in basketball. Now it's time to please myself.
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I think I view the system the same way that Ayn Rand views the system - that it really oppresses those that create, if you will, and tries to take away from those that produce and give to the non-producers.
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I've been doing lots of trapeze, and so much of it is holding your own weight.
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America's freedom of religion, and freedom from religion, offers every wisdom tradition an opportunity to address our soul-deep needs: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, secular humanism, agnosticism and atheism among others.
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Hence, within the space of two generations there has been a complete revolution in the attitude of the trades-unions toward the women working in their trades.
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You can cage the singer but not the song.
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Not too many people know it, but when I was in junior high, I was a pretty tough kid and was the leader of a street gang. Well, OK, it was less a street gang than an Ecology Club. We were pretty intimidating, though, and had our own meeting room until we got run out of there by a bunch of thugs from the Poetry Society.
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I guess I've always liked the idea of being an artist.
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I'm basically like a dad; I've always been a dad.
