Adam Yauch Quotes
The teachings of Tibetan Buddhism have been passed down for a long time now. They have that system pretty well figured out.
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You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.
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Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had been translated into, among others, German.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.
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The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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I meet everybody. If somebody invites me to their house and they got a drum set close, I'm going to play, man. Let's jam. I don't care. Get in where you fit in and enjoy the experience.
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About a year after leaving drama school or a year and a half - and I was working solidly ever since leaving drama school - I picked up 'Game of Thrones.'
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I'm not an artist that makes singles, I'm an artist that makes albums, and it's a totally different thing.
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I never thought of myself doing period. When you're in your acting classes, and you think about the kind of roles you want to play, it's always 'modern relationship drama'-type things.
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I'm always the interrogator. When I was an actor in rep, I always played sinister parts. The directors always said, 'If there's a nasty man about, cast Harold Pinter.'
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I'm not interested in being Franchise Boy.
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If someone says, 'Hey man, I love your album, it really got me through a breakup, but I downloaded it for free,' I'll be like, 'Good! That's good!' Maybe he didn't have the money for the album, but if he still listened to it, and it's an important part of his life, that's all I can ask for. I don't want his twenty bucks.
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You see, my version of why anyone would want to become an actor is that it's some psychological fixation, something that happened in puberty that you didn't outgrow in time, which is normal. Nevertheless, if you make it a profession, it can be really neurotic.
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I have to say, my husband is a big Patriots fan. Like, a huge Patriots fan.
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I could never learn to be totally fluent in any other language.
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If you're talking about coexisting and tolerance then you have to live by example, and you can't have shiny people all the time everywhere, which is what breeds that sort of thinking - this is better than this, that is better than that.
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The teachings of Tibetan Buddhism have been passed down for a long time now. They have that system pretty well figured out.
