David Sylvian
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People who are disenfranchised politically and people who are poor often don't vote. They often ... 
I don't want to be understood because if people understand me, they get tired of me. 
If I'm lucky enough to be involved in the Academy Awards in the future, I'll just let people... 
Never be afraid to be in love. It is the place where your heart and your soul will find solace. 
There are horses people use for competition, and if they don't perform well or go lame, then peo... 
Young people can be disruptive and screw up classes. But even if they are being a pain in the arse i... 
Being senior enough in the field, having enough solidity, I don't feel afraid of being marginali... 
I guess people don't think that young girls or young artists have opinions, but I'm so glad ... 
You look at the greatest villains in human history, the fascists, the autocrats, they all wanted peo... 
MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry,... 
Artists, musicians, scientists - if you have any kind of visionary aptitude, it's often somethin... 
Young people often aren't in a position to write checks to charities. But there are two things t... 
I did something a lot of people will have to do in this economy if they want to eventually land thei... 
I turned down 'Harry Potter' and 'Spider-Man,' two movies that I knew would be pheno... 
I think that the hardest thing about working with young people in foster care who've been throug... 
Chinese people, young people, they don't go shopping a lot in department stores. All department ... 
I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people ca... 
I don't blame homosexuals for being angry when people say they've made a choice to be gay, b... 
Costume people are always saying they don't have clothes big enough for me. 
Here in the West, people often don't like listening to their leaders, even if they are right. 
I don't be remembering women that I've met before. I don't remember people as a whole. I... 
When people don't get enough information, they make it up. 
This stand wasn't because I feel like I'm being put down in any kind of way. This is because... 
Famous people come up to me, but I don't know who they are because my sight is so bad. It's ... 
Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we wo... 
I'm still so young, so I feel like people have wanted to keep me in a 'no-makeup' fresh ... 
A lot of people don't know I'm from the West Coast. My swag is different. Me being from Youn... 
A lot of people don't like to win. They actually don't know how to win, and they don't l... 
Truly charismatic people, in my experience, don't come along very often. 
Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough. 
If you ever need anything please don't hesitate to ask someone else first. 
The Deep South has the friendliest people in the world. They will do anything for you. They also wan... 
People like to say that East Asians in general, and Japanese in particular, are not very expressive:... 
Because of the fashion, the young people don't have any access to the history of music, unless p... 
I still get rejections - frequently - and my goal isn't to never fail, to never be turned down, ... 
I'm turned on by guys who are cultured. That'll keep me intrigued. They don't have to ha... 
Zombies to me don't represent anything in particular. They are a global disaster that people don... 
True leaders don't invest in buildings. Jesus never built a building. They invest in people. Why... 
It's hard because people often don't recognise shyness; they think it's just someone bei... 
I go home and don't get treated any differently. People have known me all my life and are intere... 
True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so l... 
If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right. 
One of the reasons inequality gets so deep in this country is that everyone wants to be rich. That&#... 
I'm the perfect amount of guarded. I don't reveal too much, and I never reveal who the songs... 
I've gotten to work with amazing people. I would say usually we get to a point before we get int... 
People come up to me all the time and say, 'Oh, I love to watch Food Network,' and I ask the... 
My main piece of advice would be don't worry about being published - just write a really good bo... 
I think there's so much feeling among young girls where they feel like they have to be this perf... 
Don't get involved in the interoffice politics. On 'Suits,' it can be cheeky and fun to ... 
My age is very insignificant to me. I don't think about it, but the world does. The world likes ... 
People aren't really afraid of my views. They are just afraid of the word 'nationalism.' 
I think life is always dangerous. Some people get afraid of it. Some people don't go forward. Bu... 
It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my positi... 
I don't know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman. 
I think that the artists who don't get involved in preaching messages probably are happier - but... 
What I point out to people is that it's silly to be afraid that you're not going to get what you wan... 
I think many people love poetry who don't know they love it. People are sometimes afraid of poet... 
You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influe... 
I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've stil... 
The area where I grew up in Birmingham was very diverse - I was aware of my race but not overly awar... 
Stories hold conflict and contrast, highs and lows, life and death, and the human struggle and all k... 
Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail. 
The Doctor' is the kind of character - because the guest cast is changing all the time, there ar... 
It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel lik... 
Bilingualism lets you have your cake and eat it. The new language opens the doors to the best jobs i... 
I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory th... 
Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time. 
Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and le... 
I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism. 
Everything I read about hitting a midlife crisis was true. I had such a struggle letting go of youth... 
I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood... 
You would think that a rock star being married to a supermodel would be one of the greatest things i... 
People use irony as a defense mechanism. 
Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and ... 
Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off? 
I like time off. I'm not a workaholic. 
I've had an awful lot of good fortune. 
Every day is a blessing - not to get too schmaltzy, but, really, it is. 
What happened to me during the last couple of years of 'The Partridge Family' was I became s... 
We live in a world of strange priorities, where Kim Kardashian buying a Lamborghini creates internat... 
The law always limits every power it gives. 
There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million differe... 
Life to me is a journey - you never know what may be your next destination. 
False modesty can be worse than arrogance. 
If you read somebody's diary, you get what you deserve. 
What I value most in my friends is loyalty. 
I'm a photographer, period. I love photography, the immediacy of it. I like the craft, the idea ... 
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I tolerate lactose like I tolerate people. 
I'm a good person, I hope. But I'm never as good as I want to be, never as nice as I want to... 
Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in... 
It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my fi... 
Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill. 