I'm not comfortable with just entertaining. Although I like entertaining, I also like bringing forward the truth of our times as minstrels used to in the old days.


Serj Tankian

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On the interception, I was out of bounds,
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I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t...
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I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start.
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I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec...
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You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said.
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I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
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Married to the Mob.
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Hello you're with Drudge.
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I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i...
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throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
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I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
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What we do is just all over. What [singer Serj Tankian] is playing on the keyboard sounds like the [...
DARON MALAKIAN
When I was little, I always used to like to tell stories cuz it was entertaining to people.
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I don't like to be entertaining. I don't like the feeling of being entertaining. If there was a musi...
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If Mikael akerfeldt is the metal saint ... then serj tankian is the metal god !!
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I like entertaining people. I really miss it.
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I like being involved with projects that are not only entertaining but are also thought provoking. E...
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ELLEN POMPEO
I like to entertain in all aspects. When you're with somebody and you're out, you want to be...
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I grew up pretty much entertaining myself. So I know what its like to be in a room by myself and hav...
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I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doi...
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Nobody leaves the goalie in the corner like Pavel does. He's dynamic. That's entertaining.
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I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m...
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Like Rodgers and Hammerstein, I'm not afraid to deal with themes about the ups and downs of life...
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I don't know if I have a favorite color.
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It's very special having a new little girl.
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I just try to write entertaining books that are easily identifiable.
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It's like your children, you have got to keep entertaining them
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I love entertaining people and this is entertainment.
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It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
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My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ...
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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou...
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I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ...
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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
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The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t...
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To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th...
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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ...
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First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good...
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I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e...
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To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an...
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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ...
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At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl...
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At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr...
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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w...
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I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s...
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Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g...
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We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man...
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Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as...
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These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.
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I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ...
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The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t...
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Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters...
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No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew...
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Family is the most important thing in the world.
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You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ...
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With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you...
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As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
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My dad's not a big talker.
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My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.
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I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment.
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You cannot make horses 'safe.'
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Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter wha...
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It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stu...
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I'm an affectionate person.
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People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me...
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Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: 'My daughter loves you, will you sign an au...
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Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.
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My brother and I have been able to get on and have been very lucky to do things with our family that...
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I don't think about the media.
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I love the sport and being competitive.
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The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some ...
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I hate having my picture taken.
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Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows.
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The percentage of Americans in the prison system, Prison system, has doubled since 1985
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It's probably a combination of personal and non-personal matters that have led us to where we are mu...
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By allowing this vote, and allowing the will of Congress to be freely expressed, you will be doing t...
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Cause we are the ones that want to play,always want to go,but you never want to stay.And we are the ...
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“As a kid, you see something that you know in your heart is true. It’s such a huge hypocrisy tha...
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I’d rather let the music speak for itself,
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Pretending that we live doesn't make us alive.
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It was kind of luck or destiny that it ended up this way,
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Pretending that we live doesn't make us alive.
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People get so attached to a position which they identify themselves with that they just spurt it out...
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Day is just a collection of hours.
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