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 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 want to interview people for the purpose of developing a world view and pushing that on people.
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As an actor, I'm constantly striving to find the darkness in the lighter characters and the lightness in the darker characters.
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There are no major cities I haven't been in - at least once. I'd be just as happy not to go out of town for a couple of months and play with toys.
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There are tribes in Africa who believe that a camera steals a little part of your soul, and in a way, I think that's true about living your private life in public. It takes something away from your relationships; it cheapens them.
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Conflicts between nations will continue to arise. The real issue is whether they are to be resolved by force, or by resort to peaceful methods and procedures, administered by impartial institutions.
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Dream big, work hard and don't be an asshole!
