Asif Kapadia Quotes
The Tour de France would make a great movie. Drugs, corruption, political chicanery, guys risking their lives - everything you need for a great sports drama.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention to the script and the director and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can.
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Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music that they used to make. Artists make their money on tours, not from album sales.
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Beautiful updos with natural hair are great!
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Most of my fans, if you were to look on their iPods, you'd see every possible genre of music represented in some capacity.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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I am no historian, but Hungary is a country which has never known democracy - and by that, I mean not a democratic political system, but an organic process which has mobilised the entire country's society. In the case of Hungary, this development was blocked by the growth of the Ottoman empire in the 16th century.
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We need to take music out of the ivory tower - both for musicians and for the public. Otherwise, classical music will not survive the 21st century.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.
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No hero is mortal till he dies.
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They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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I feel crazy that me sticking with my dreams actually worked. It's wild and incredible.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
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The live setting is always better for me. I usually thrive at live. I feel like having a band behind me and being able to interact with the crowd helps boost my energy up.
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I felt an obligation even then to write a song that people would sing in the pub or on a demonstration. That is why I would like to compose songs for the revolution.
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We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.
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The work ethic behind everything Kanye does is crazy. It's greatness. He told me, 'We're not just rappers, we're artists.'
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Over the last 15 years or so, Manchester has undergone huge transformation - from a city in decline and on its knees to one that is growing, vibrant and confident.
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A parent that's upset or resentful is not going to be a great paren.
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The Tour de France would make a great movie. Drugs, corruption, political chicanery, guys risking their lives - everything you need for a great sports drama.
