The Weeknd (Abel Makkonen Tesfaye) Quotes
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If you're in a film that you're proud of and you care about, then you're always happy to talk about it.
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You find out your mistakes from an audience that pays admission.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people.
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The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.
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I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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As the platform and protocol become more ingrained in society, get built into products and services, and basically become more of the mesh of society, just like the Internet, companies and people will need to own Bitcoin to play on its rails.
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Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.
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I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
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Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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I didn't go to school a lot.
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My son makes me want to be better so that I can be there for him.
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My 2005 calendar we actually did a shoot in Lake Las Vegas. Since I had requests do some swimwear and athletic shots we tried them and they came out good so we inserted them into the new calendar.
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Old reference books are like tree rings. Without them, there'd be no way to know what a tree had lived through.
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I really like the look of old '70s and '80s Japanese comics, so I think that style is something I will continue to draw.
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I can make fried tofu, boiled tofu, stuffed tofu. Cutlets and other fancy stuff, that's for other directors.
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Image, lyrics, content, storytelling, cohesive body of work - that's Prince to me.
