"For me it was a normality having a father who was a world champion. I grew up with that, so it was never extra pressure. And I've never felt the need to emerge from his shadow."

-- Nico

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“I've always wondered if there was a Hezbollah version of minesweeper where you get points for blowing up on your first move.”
“You don't put out music unless you have a sense that people will maybe like what you're doing or you're standing for something artistically.”

Source : "Interview: AWOLNATION Musician: Aaron Bruno". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Without education, there is no hope for our people and without hope, our future is lost”
“The entire cosmos is one vast burning bush, permeated by the fire of the divine power and glory”
“Sitting in the flickering light of the candles on this kerchief of sand, on this village square, we waited in the night. We were waiting for the rescuing dawn - or for the Moors. Something, I know not what, lent this night a savor of Christmas. We told stories, we joked, we sang songs. In the air there was that slight fever that reigns over a gaily prepared feast. And yet we were infinitely poor. Wind, sand, and stars. The austerity of Trappists. But on this badly lighted cloth, a handful of men who possessed nothing in the world but their memories were sharing invisible riches.”
“The Chinese mom is not the helicopter mom. I would never do their homework for them. It's all about: Take responsibility, don't blame others. Be self-reliant. Never blame the teacher.”
“I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls apart, so does the pack.”
“If there's one thing I really want for my birthday, that is for the mining company not to mine my daddy's reserve.”

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