Austin Seferian-Jenkins Quotes
I'm a villain. But hey, villains have fans, too. They might have more fans than the heroes, and I'm OK with that.
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If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot.
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If you love things or ideas or people that contradict each other, you have to be prepared to fight for every square inch of intellectual real estate you occupy.
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You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.
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The angel of mercy, the child of love, together had flown to the realms above.
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Fashion is not about clothes, it is about a look.
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As authors, most - most authors, our art is portraying the human condition. Trying to show you what it's like to be somebody else, trying to make you feel for somebody else. That means you have to have a high degree of empathy.
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I'm being hypocritical because I have a Twitter, but I try to not talk about things like, 'Oh, I had a grapefruit this morning and it was delicious,' because, who cares?
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I have always hated machinery, and the only machine I ever understood was a wheelbarrow, and that but imperfectly.
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My older brother, who was in the Army, now owns his own building company. My half-sister was a nurse and is now a psychotherapist.
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I believe black characters in fiction are still revolutionary, given our long history of erasure.
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I feel completely at home in the absurdities of India.
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My family was very unorthodox. My mother was very eccentric and amazing. She always treated us like adults.
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There's some things you just have to live with. Like twelve cars camping outside your house, and when you wake up in the morning, they're going to follow you wherever you go. It helps that I live in Valencia. It eliminates some. But they're still here.
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As a woman, you spend so much time either cooking or getting ready to go somewhere. I like to have music when I'm doing either of these things.
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I learnt early to have little expectation so I protected myself from ever feeling greatly disappointed.
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People are sources not just of consumption but of innovation.
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In the midst of applying for American citizenship, of finally attempting to get my presidents in a row, I felt it incumbent upon myself to explore the national psyche in every way.
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Love is the song of the soul, singing to God.
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I found the most convincing part to be the working stiffs, the guys who have a modest home and kids who go to public schools. They make $75,000 to $100,000 a year. That's not much to live on. I don't have to tell you that.
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We have to get back to the beauty of just being alive in this present moment.
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The success of our economy shouldn't determine the success of our schools.
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Well, the problem I've had with all the interviews I've had in America - I had meetings with about nine labels - and they all say to me 'Will your new songs fit in with what is popular and what is in the chart?' And I say 'Good God, I hope not!'
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You have to have lived some life. You've got to have paid some dues.
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I'm a villain. But hey, villains have fans, too. They might have more fans than the heroes, and I'm OK with that.
