Mike Shinoda Quotes
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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 started at an agency called Intertalent. You copy scripts, you pick up people's dry cleaning, you take their dogs to the vet, you deliver packages, you do whatever they want you to do.
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After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.
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I always try to start my weekend by running on the beach, which is great fun here in Barcelona.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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When you're a woman with a certain amount of fame and money, you are never certain what someone's motives are.
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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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Two years ago, if anyone had told me I'd be doing half the stuff I'm doing, I wouldn't have believed it.
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Christianity affects your whole life. I feel I'm more competitive, a better player, but off the field is where there is always a battle.
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Violence only perpetrates more violence, and it becomes a vicious cycle. There are political situations all over the world where there are untold acts of revenge for incidences, and thousands and thousands of lives are lost because of them.
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Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.
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Performance art is going to be the future. Plays on Broadway are so restricted. But performance art is like haikus, just one line thing. And it's more casual but more interesting.
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It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are more like Homer Simpson than Superman. So from this perspective it is rather depressing. But at the same time there is also a silver lining. There are free lunches!
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When my novel 'Beach Music' came out in 1995, I had included a couple of recipes in the book and had tried to impart some of my love of Roman cuisine and the restaurants of Rome.
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It's very hard to get to the top. It's hardest to stay at the top.
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Thinking is a wonderful tool if it's applied. Thinking, however, can not become the master. Thinking is a very bad master. If you're dominated by thinking then your life becomes very restricted.
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Did you figure out the second head fake? This talk's not for you. It's for my kids.
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Someday there will be girls and women whose name will no longer mean the mere opposite of the male, but something in itself, something that makes one think not of any complement and limit, but only life and reality: the female human being.
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I don't really care what other people see me as. I seriously don't. I've always worried about what my opinion of myself is. And I've always thought that it carries most weight. So I don't care what other people's opinion of me is or how they view whatever I've said or done.
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Whether it's a double take or a spit take or an extra-long pause before a reaction or a line, I try to be as cognizant as possible about the technical end of it. So I think the physical stuff works easier for me than maybe for others who are more just going on instinct.
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The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends.
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There was always this idea that I would work on Shakespeare and some of the other classics, but it never came to be.
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Dream big, work hard and don't be an asshole!
