Cliff Martinez Quotes
I've often thought that my background in rock 'n' roll has gone to waste in film work. My background was that I was a rock 'n' roll drummer and I don't think I used drums in my first ten years of film scoring.
Quotes to Explore
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Incendiary capitalism is carrying its out evil works more dangerously than ever, and is doing so in the increasingly dangerous neighborhood of the powder kegs that are the great European military powers.
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I hate it when guys wear really tight t-shirts. It's just so horrible, especially when you can see their bellies.
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The two most important things in my life were academics and sports. I had to do my schoolwork first.
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
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Sometimes my quotes may be too colorful.
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Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.
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You shouldn't try to manufacture progress.
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I didn't know Jack Kennedy that well, but Bobby was a hero to me.
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I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.
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I didn't want kids to think that to be happy, they had to be famous or rich or live in the big city.
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Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.
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Americans resident in China inform us that the ballot box in their country is greatly abused for personal ends, and Chinese admirers of the American Republic have not minutely examined its defects.
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I was 19, and I thought I should settle down and get a real job, and what was I doing living this dream world?
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I don't think limits.
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I have been dairy free for several years, and I started because I felt it was going to reduce my allergies, which it did, and help me lose weight, which it did.
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My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did.
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You can collect all the plastic bottle caps you want as long as you give me the money so we can get off this death trap, find somewhere else and have tremendous fun screwing that up as well.
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As supportive as my hometown is, in my high school, there are people who would probably walk up to me and punch me in the face. There's a select few that will never like me. They don't like what I stand for. They don't like somebody who stands for being sober, who stands for anything happy. They're going to be negative no matter what.
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You want to find out what it is about you or what it is about your past and your lineage that's in you now, and whether you carry those traits and maybe what one's mission is to take it to the next level.
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There is always shame in the creation of an expressive work, whether it's a book or a clay pot. Every artist worries about how they will be seen by others through their work. When you create, you aspire to do justice to yourself, to remake yourself, and there is always the fear that you will expose the very thing that you hoped to transform.
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If there's some work to be done that seems like it will be fun, I'll do it. I don't take anything seriously at all.
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There is nothing worse than annotated humour.
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I've often thought that my background in rock 'n' roll has gone to waste in film work. My background was that I was a rock 'n' roll drummer and I don't think I used drums in my first ten years of film scoring.
