Thom Yorke Quotes
I feel like, as musicians, we need to fight the Spotify thing. I feel that in some ways what's happening in the mainstream is the last gasp of the old industry. Once that does finally die, which it will, something else will happen.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
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I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.
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I watch a lot of television. I always have.
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I will sing happy songs, and I do sing happy songs, but the stuff that's going to move me and going to make me close my eyes is always the blues.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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I have my own people that make my clothes because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.
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I'm highly distractable, and I have too many things on my mind very often. When I'm driving in the city, it drives me so crazy - the city traffic and the parking - I just take cabs everywhere.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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Workplaces still operate like it's 1962 and one person is always at home, and they are not very good at adjusting for the fact that a majority of women work and take care of children.
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When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid; you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story. You're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.
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I opened about a dozen employment centers for Arab women across Israel during my two years as minister of economy.
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Minor Threat was an important band, believe me that it was important it in my life, but it belongs to an era that no longer exists. I'm not nostalgic. I think music today is much more important, because something can be done about it.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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I hope one day I will host my own charity event to give back to society.
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Government can supply bread, but it can't mend a broken spirit.
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I've been lucky enough to fly to space twice.
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There is often a big disparity between the way in which we perceive things and the way things really are.
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Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.
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They are born, put in a box; they go home to live in a box; they study by ticking boxes; they go to what is called 'work' in a box, where they sit in their cubicle box; they drive to the grocery store in a box to buy food in a box; they talk about thinking 'outside the box'; and when they die they are put in a box.
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I have this tremendous energy. I just loved and love life. I love it today. I never want to die.
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I feel like, as musicians, we need to fight the Spotify thing. I feel that in some ways what's happening in the mainstream is the last gasp of the old industry. Once that does finally die, which it will, something else will happen.
