Thom Yorke Quotes
My argument would be that I don't think there is much that's genuinely political art that is good art.
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I would happily have done any of the 'Bourne Identity' sequels. There are good sequels, but I'm not good at making them.
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First responders will be on the frontlines if there is a terrorist attack in our communities, and we must provide them with the tools they need to do their difficult jobs.
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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I mean, sometimes when you do a show or a campaign with a designer, you get along with them really well and you become friends. And then, sometimes, people are just a bit... weird.
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No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.
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I never was a very good singer.
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I like to be supportive and a role model.
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I had what AA calls 'a convincer' – which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done.
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It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
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I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful.
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I'm not the perfect model of what an athlete should be, mentally or physically.
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It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.
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If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem.
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In fact, because of their connection to the land, farmers do more to protect and preserve our environment than almost anyone else. They are some of the best environmentalists around.
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Because I've done a lot of theater, I know what power is and how megalomaniacs are, since I've certainly played some.
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The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
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Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
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The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.
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Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely.
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Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.
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The counterculture has nothing to do with Dolce & Gabbana having a 'Hippy Summer' or something. Street kids, and kids who want to live in any sort of counter-cultural experience other than what's being presented by the mainstream media or political climate, or 'normal' cultural climate, are never going to look like that.
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The best thing I could do is build a successful company and continue to innovate and be in the right role I want to be in. If I'm not doing that, I'm inauthentic. That's not a good role model to anyone. That, to me, is the most important thing.
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I was raised in a very old fashioned Ireland where women were reared to be lovely.
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My argument would be that I don't think there is much that's genuinely political art that is good art.
