The Weeknd (Abel Makkonen Tesfaye) Quotes
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.
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Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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If a political opponent has different approaches than mine, that doesn't make them a bad person. It means they have different backgrounds, experiences, and ideas.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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All my brothers and my dad at one point had dreadlocks.
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Any effort to create a second class of Americans, I just can't swallow that.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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If you can live in Vegas, or visit Vegas, and leave in one piece, still loving it and somehow laughing about it, you should spend at least part of your last night in town doing something that will serve you well no matter where you go next: thank your lucky stars.
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I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.
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A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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Global issues require common responses: Only together we can create the conditions to defeat Daesh and al Qaeda, block channels for terrorist financing, tackle foreign terrorist fighters.
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It's really not about me. At the end of the day, God willing, I'll have another 40 or 50 years on this planet, and what I'm saying to myself is, 'What do I want to leave here?'
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Animal vision - including human vision - is so biased toward movement that we don't technically see stationary objects at all.
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Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
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There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president.
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Being a Brady comes with it's pleasures and its baggage. I'm not one given to a lack of privacy and invasion.
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Freedom to vote is valuable primarily as a means to safeguard other freedoms.
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I was brought up with psychics and tarot cards. My mum was always told I was going to be in a boy band and be famous as a singer.
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Except for certain moments - when cells are dividing, for instance - chromosomes don't form compact, countable bodies inside cells. Instead, they unravel and flop about, which makes counting chromosomes a bit like counting strands of ramen in a bowl.
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If I change in any way, I'm not going to be the same player.
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When people meet me, they say that I'm really kind - contrary to a lot of my music.
