Chris Squire Quotes
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I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of stuff in that way.
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All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.
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This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
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I wanted to pay tribute to my musical influences: Buffalo Springfield, Lightfoot, the Beatles, the Hollies.
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It's a very good historical book about history.
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We always trend set.
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You learn who you really are in a fight - what you're really made of. You have to face yourself and rise above your own fears and failings.
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I had no idea about nutrition. I thought by eating salads you'll stay skinny.
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I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity.
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A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter.
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I do have a family, and I do have friends, and so-called friends, and acquaintances, and many other people I see only around Christmas time. Maybe they could vouch for me. Maybe they could testify to my existence and save a part of me that thinks I'm no better than a bag of potato chips.
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Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
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I do try to separate my personal activism - showing up at a demonstration or something - from what I write.
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My views are very fluctuating. I have very contradictory takes on the subject. Dating is easier, while marriage is hard work. You see your friends having early divorces, and on the other hand, you see your parents having a successful marriage.
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I was called to audition for a play when I was very young, following which I continued to act as well as write and direct. When I moved to Delhi and joined Hindu College, theatre became a very big part of my life.
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I fly from the seat of my pants, basically.
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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
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My career has been full of remarkable coincidences that have nothing to do with me.
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When you think about growing and being empowered yourself, it is what you've been able to do for other people that leaves you the fullest.
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I need complicated railroad journeys and people speaking to me in foreign languages to keep me happy. I want to see the world and write stories about everything I see.
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I think that everything starts to go to hell when you start smelling your own farts and complimenting yourself on how great they smell. We're not going to turn into fart-smellers.
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What is it that drives us outward to the stars above and to the shores below? Is it the security of knowing what's there? Or is it the adventure of finding it?
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'Genes, Girls, and Gamow' was an attempt, even more than 'The Double Helix,' to mix science with one's personal life. With 'The Double Helix,' no one had done it before, but I thought I'd try.
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A nightmare is two bassists on stage.
