Future (Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn) Quotes
If I told a lie, then I got to come back and correct it years later. I hate that I have to be the person that touch on their life and be personal and be direct with certain situations, but man, I'm glad that it's me than them.
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I made up 'Badlands'; anything I say, goes. I came to realize I was materializing a metaphor for my mental state.
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Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.
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Anyone who sets foot into the 'Watchmen' universe and isn't just a little nervous should be given a few days of electroshock therapy. I've always considered 'Watchmen' to be one of the best graphic novels ever written, and when it came out back in 1986 I was as blown away as everyone else. Just masterful.
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research.
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If you have spent any time with Barack Obama, you know he's a funny guy. He's a good guy. He knows sports.
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We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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I'm not a god - I do bad things.
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I'm a lot more interested in people than I used to be. I used to be most interested in abstract ideas, and people were an afterthought, but that's changed a bit.
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I think the premise of somebody trying to recreate a night from their teenage years stuck with me as something potentially very tragically comic.
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We live in a world of virtual goods where none of us own the 0s and 1s. What are you going to do?
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I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right.
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Being a teenager is hard.
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South Dakota is a great state because of its values, not because of dependence on government.
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While my mother wanted me to be a musician, I wanted to become an electronic engineer.
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The ideas dictate everything, you have to be true to that or you're dead.
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Live life to the full, and become more curious every day. The more you find out about life, the richer your music-making will be.
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I hate small talk! I can't do it.
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And then finally, I'm the commander, so I am fundamentally responsible for the lives of the other people on board and the health and longevity of the space station. I need to bring six people back happy, healthy and feeling like they've had the best six months of their life.
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Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.
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If I told a lie, then I got to come back and correct it years later. I hate that I have to be the person that touch on their life and be personal and be direct with certain situations, but man, I'm glad that it's me than them.
