Adam Yauch Quotes

I think the really significant part of it for us, for the western world, is we have a lot to gain from the Tibetans - there are certain lessons that are within Tibetan culture. I mean understandings of compassion and of nonviolence that are things that we really lack in our society.

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• I think Gadi Eizenkot is a very good commander.

  

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• The death of my kid made me a stronger person. There's no end to what I'm willing to do.

  

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• When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.

  

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• I don't even know how to define myself. I'm a person who writes. It's something I enjoy, and hopefully people enjoy it as well.

  

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• For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is.

  

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• When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over.

  

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• French men can be very tough too, you know... Real bad boys move in silence, as we know, so you don't have to be loud and muscular to be scary, actually.

  

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• Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.

  

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• It is a universal principle that you get more of what you think about, talk about, and feel strongly about.

  

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• Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization.

  

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• If I go to a baseball game, I hear 'Shoeless Joe,' but otherwise, I hear 'toe pick' five times a day. No matter how many more movies I make, that'll be on my gravestone.

  

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• Only legislative, judicial, and executive action can completely guarantee the victory of the free world.

  

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• I think the really significant part of it for us, for the western world, is we have a lot to gain from the Tibetans - there are certain lessons that are within Tibetan culture. I mean understandings of compassion and of nonviolence that are things that we really lack in our society.

  

  Adam Yauch The Beastie Boys
  • World
  • Society
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