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"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism."

"I'm quite into the idea of engineering being beautiful."

"After a while, you have no idea how old you are because you've lied so many times."

"I had no idea what I was going to do when they threw me out of school."

"Well, we certainly weren't making a cartoon show for kids. It was a completely different kind of idea."

"The idea of 'machine assemblage' is, especially, very alien to my sensibility, since it suggests a relative indifference of the strata to one another during the process of construction."

"We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still."
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"I was lucky enough to get to perform on stage in front of 20 million people on TV, and 150 thousand in concerts. For 15 minutes I got to be a rock star, the 15 minutes is great! It turns into Spinal Tap after 20 minutes."

"My major was Fine Arts and Education thinking I would become an Art Teacher. I couldn't visualize myself as an art teacher, thinking how it wouldn't work."

"To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every book - are variations on a theme."

"We've turned down multi million dollar films, simply because we liked the film better. We have the luxury to do so - we have projects that make the money, and others that we do for love."

"Right now I just finished writing the music for a Rugrats feature film and the third week of September I go to London, and the Orchestra is going to perform the score."

"I don't cook - I can cook - but I'm not very good. I like being asked over for dinner, because she can't cook either. We would starve if it weren't for modern technology. I know how to work a microwave, but love home cooked meals."

"Personally I'm very happy to be behind the scenes. I like collaboration, I like working with directors."

"I went to Kent State basically to avoid going to Vietnam, I had no idea what I was doing in the world. I was lost, and trying not to get into a fight every day."
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