Serj Tankian Quotes

When I was younger, I was listening to a lot of Armenian music, you know, revolutionary music about freedom and protest. In the 70s I was listening to soul and the Bee Gees and ABBA, and funk.

Serj Tankian

Recitation: by Male by Female

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MusicFreedomSoulListeningBee

What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest.

Andy Warhol

GreatAmericaTraditionCountrySame

Everyone's sex life is funny except your own. Every person's is, and yours never is.

John Waters

LifeFunnySexPersonNeverOwn

My family was quite poor, and the NHS was recruiting people from abroad to do psychiatric nursing. It was the only hope I had to leave Hong Kong.

John Rocha

FamilyHopePeoplePoorHong Kong

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.

Robert De Niro

PeopleFamousYouNiceBeing Famous

I have kind of a weird technique with zucchini. I cut it into small cubes; sweat it in olive oil, adding just a little oil at time so it crisps. Then I cover it with boiling water, not stock, which really brings out the flavor of the zucchini, add lemon, thyme, and serve it with burrata and a fried zucchini flower.

Tom Colicchio

FlowerTimeWaterSmallWeirdKind

We all know what it means to be sung to. And poetry is very close to that.

Robin Coste Lewis

PoetryKnowCloseMeansVerySung

It's very easy to make a viral video, but longevity and consistency, that's hard.

Michelle Phan

ConsistencyEasyLongevityHardMake

If you disagree with me, fine! Because that's the great thing about America, we can disagree!

Michael Stipe

GreatMeAmericaYouDisagreeFine

I have been working since I was 14, nonstop.

Liv Tyler

WorkingBeenSinceNonstop

There are features that African Americans have that are similar! There are features that white people have that are similar! Features that Hispanic people have that are similar!

Don Lemon

PeopleWhiteHispanicAfrican

I was the sibling that kind of kept it all on a level when life at home got tough. I did it through comedy, sarcasm and distraction. All families are complicated, but my home life was glaringly uncomfortable much of the time, and it was me that took the onus.

Johnny Galecki

LifeHomeTimeMeToughSibling

I sometimes self-edit when it comes to auditions and go, 'They're not going to cast me, so I'm not going to do it.'

Johnny Flynn

MeGoSometimesGoingCast

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