Adrian Younge Quotes
Change the sound. Make people rethink what they're doing. That's what I really wanna do.
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites.
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Nobody has done more for me than my parents, who devoted untold amounts of time and money that allowed me to play the game I love. It's no exaggeration to say I never would have gotten anywhere near a World Cup, an Olympics, or even the U.S. national team without them. I have never forgotten that, and I never will.
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I can't be bought. I don't need to be bought. I'm not a careerist. I don't need to have a career in politics. I'm in a very, very luxurious position, but I am in a position of strength.
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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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The more hardcore conservative you are, the more tightly identified you are with defending the interest of capital as an interest of the system based on hyper-competition, the more likely it is that you vehemently deny climate change. Because if climate change is real, your worldview will come crashing down around you.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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I like boxes because of the secrets they hide.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss.
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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
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The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
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I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
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I've always tried to push myself technically and to push myself visually. That's been part of the journey.
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Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
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A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
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Herbert Hoover failed through no fault of his own. The Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression were beyond his control, and every remedy he tried failed adequately to work.
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All identity labels are umbrella terms to some degree, but this term 'bisexual' is not only serviceable, but it is sufficient. And yes, it brings together a bunch of people who are maybe shades different from one another. And maybe that's the beauty of labels: that they force you to be with other people and see the difference.
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People come up to me and say "Steve, what is film editing?" And I say "How should I know? You're the director.
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With the rapid growth of Internet users in China bringing online video into a new paradigm, the market scale we first envisioned as an online video website back in 2006 has grown significantly.
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You just never give up. You do a task to the best of your abilities and beyond.
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Dancing is the body made poetic.
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Change the sound. Make people rethink what they're doing. That's what I really wanna do.
