The Weeknd (Abel Makkonen Tesfaye) Quotes

Literally wrote 'Starboy' in 30 minutes.

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• I'm always looking for something new: a new inspiration, a new philosophy, a new way to look at something, new talent.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Inspiration
  • Philosophy
  • Look

• Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.

  

  Samuel L. Jackson
  • Life
  • Black
  • Running

• But all over Ohio - all over America - men and women are going back to work with the pride of building something stamped 'Made in America.'

  

  Ted Strickland
  • Work
  • Men
  • Women

• One of the first things I picked up when I was very, very young out of a record store was work from Peter Saville - the early things he used to do for Factory Records.

  

  Raf Simons
  • Up
  • Work
  • Young

• I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.

  

  Yves Saint Laurent
  • Hope
  • Wish
  • Sex

• When we talk of freedom and opportunity for all nations, the mocking paradoxes in our own society become so clear they can no longer be ignored.

  

  Wendell Willkie
  • Society
  • Freedom
  • Opportunity

• I veer away from trying to understand why I act. I just know I need to do it.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • Trying
  • Why
  • Know

• We have innovative differentiated technology that is recognized by our customers and third party analysts as the best in the industry; we have industry-leading support with a very large satisfied installed base due to our best-in-class support and development organisations.

  

  N. Robert Hammer
  • Support
  • Party
  • Technology

• Even in an enlightened democracy, the media have to check themselves to make sure they are not contributing to an unnecessary mass hysteria.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • Democracy
  • Media
  • Sure

• As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it.

  

  Adam Jones
  • Up
  • Long
  • Remember

• The red carpet is kind of a surreal experience. There's nothing normal about it, so for me the most important thing is to maintain some normality right until the point you get out of the car.

  

  Samantha Barks
  • Important
  • Experience
  • Car

• My French is still good. That's a beautiful language and I'm happy to speak it.

  

  Famke Janssen
  • Good
  • Happy
  • Beautiful

• Real acting is about giving people an insight into a person, letting the audience in.

  

  Baltasar Kormakur
  • People
  • Real
  • Giving

• As a rule, one should never place form over content.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • Never
  • Place
  • Content

• When I grew up there was no web, blogging or tweeting. In fact, where I grew up there was not even television! I met a lot of my friends in school and in college, and they are still my friends today.

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • Up
  • School
  • Friends

• We advised them to do what they think proper against the war.

  

  Hanoi Hannah
  • War
  • Think
  • Against

• My music and lyrics became an extension of this Indian philosophy.

  

  Gary Wright
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Lyrics

• A Syrian war would consume Trump's presidency.

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • War
  • Trump
  • Would

• I'm just very pleased and thankful that there was a receptive audience of people that I was able to connect with.

  

  Fab Five Freddy
  • People
  • Audience
  • Thankful

• I don't think I've ever written a poem whose intention was just to be funny. I've written poems that start out funny and often shift into something more serious.

  

  Billy Collins
  • Funny
  • Serious

• Professional services industries like finance, consulting, and legal services are, by definition, meta-industries. That is, they serve to help large companies raise money, buy and sell each other, reorganize, implement new systems, conduct complex transactions, and so forth.

  

  Andrew Yan
  • Money
  • Help
  • Professional

• I've learned you can always achieve more than you thought you could. There are moments when I've walked off the court, and I'm like, 'I don't know how I won that match.' It was actually impossible, but it happened, and then you realize that you can push yourself much further than you ever thought, and you can make the impossible happen.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Moments
  • Thought
  • Yourself

• Maybe she was drunk - the woman never could drink. One little sniff of tequila and she was off into some blonde la-la land.

  

  P. C. Cast
  • She
  • Littles
  • Drunk

• Literally wrote 'Starboy' in 30 minutes.

  

  The Weeknd