The Weeknd (Abel Makkonen Tesfaye) Quotes
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It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its consistency.
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People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.
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I wrote my first book when I was 15 years old. And my second book '1,2,3 Publish Me!' shows everyone how writing a book is done in just the three secret editing levels I discovered!
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My health is fine.
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The great mass of women throughout history have been confined to the cultural level of animal life in providing the male with sexual outlet and exercising the animal functions of reproduction and care of the young.
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A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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When I taught, the way in which we got evaluated is what I used to call the drive-by evaluation. Somebody would come in for 20 minutes with a checklist, and that would be your evaluation. So it was clearly a snapshot.
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I actually wanted to first direct and produce, but then I got this very cool opportunity to be in front of the camera once.
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We need to defend absolutely the freedom of speech.
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We have lost a lot of ground to the extremists in the Middle East.
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If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. You must reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.
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My friends in college, several of whom are still my closest companions, would tell you that I was almost obsessed with becoming - fixated on creating - the future that I envisioned for myself: one of expanding to know my fullest self, which I have in no way achieved.
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The whole voiceover world is new and different to me and quite challenging.
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I have been accused of things that I have never done. I have been called a perpetrator of incidents while I was actually a peacemaker. I really don't know why. Yuvraj Singh isn't a party animal; he is just singled out. I don't know why.
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I would like to do a romantic comedy, but not a romantic comedy that is cheesy. I want to do an old romantic comedy like 'Roman Holiday' or 'My Fair Lady.'
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There are writers in Germany who drink the Absolute like water; and there are books in which even the dogs make references to the Infinite.
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What I know is the characters in a Southern town. I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long. And I know the neighborhoods, and I hopefully know the people, and I feel a connection to them. And I also feel like I'm honoring them when I talk about them.
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I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as sturdy as they look. They're actually somewhat fragile instruments.
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I'm just getting people warmed up a little bit at a time, a little bit at a time, so I can fully come with, like, a 'Fix You' - type record, or 'One' by U2.
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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
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One of the rules about being an actor or an actress is that you never diss other actors or actresses, particularly when you don't know them.
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Every Tom, Dick and Harry in our movement has received his cash.
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John and I felt that we were like people in an H. G. Wells story. Two people who are walking so fast that nobody else can see them.
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We're all insecure, aren't we? I'm not walking around like I'm macho man or anything.
