Takashi Murakami Quotes
Rather than a big figure, I guess you could say I'm more of an influential minority symbol.
Quotes to Explore
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.
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With the price of life these days, you've got to get everything for free you can.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.
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When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.
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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
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Anything that's given to you can be taken away from you at any time.
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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You know once you get in the business you know what you're getting into.
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You either get better, or you don't progress.
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How can you not love a man banging on the drums? He knows how to keep a rhythm.
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There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
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Music is really nothing if you think about it - it only becomes something when somebody listens to it. And then it becomes uncontrollable.
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You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind.
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Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.
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The thing about women playing boys is that we're not going to age, and we're not going to go through puberty in the middle of a long-running series.
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All my life, I've been working with male directors, which I've really enjoyed. And I'm lucky in that I've worked with men who have a lot of respect for women. But working with a woman is a different experience. It feels like the communication is different.
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I don't care how many championships you've won or how many records you've broken - if you've had a hand in pushing forward not only a game but women in sport's movement, then I think that's pretty darn good.
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I couldn't have children, so that's the bad side. But compared to everything else I have, it's not all that terribly bad. I count my winners rather than my losers.
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Rather than a big figure, I guess you could say I'm more of an influential minority symbol.
