It just seemed like Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism - because that's mainly what I've been exposed to - was a real solid organization of teachings to point someone in the right direction. Some real well thought out stuff. But I don't know, like, every last detail about Buddhism.

Adam Yauch

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Everybody has a responsibility for what they put out into the world. Rather than trying to figure out what other people should be doing, work on your own interactions in the world and whatever influence they have. All of it has an effect.

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I think every person has the ability to affect change...through our every thought our every word, the way that we interact with other people. We are constantly affecting the world.

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People need to be more aware of how they're affecting people. by Adam Yauch

People need to be more aware of how they're affecting people.

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It feels good to play a little music / Tears running down my face... by Adam Yauch

It feels good to play a little music / Tears running down my face 'cause I love to do it

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I want to say a little something that's long overdue, the disrespect to women has got to be through. To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends, I wanna offer my love and respect till the end.

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When I hear Obama speak he just seems really sincere and he just seems like somebody who actually has his heart and his motivation in the right place. Forget about color or race or gender or whatever, he's got his heart in the right place.

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I was always tearing stuff apart to see how it worked. by Adam Yauch

I was always tearing stuff apart to see how it worked.

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If I feel like I've done the best that I can or conducted myself in the most constructive way that I can in a situation, then I feel peace.

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It's pretty easy to see that... wealth doesn't really equal happi... by Adam Yauch

It's pretty easy to see that... wealth doesn't really equal happiness.

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When I was younger, I felt like I could say anything and it was funny. I've started to realize that what I say and do does affect everybody around us. I'm not just talking about what you put on a record - even just walking into a store and how you interact with the person behind the checkout counter.

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The situation with Tibet has to change. China is one of the last huge dictatorships, holding on to these colonies, provinces. That has to collapse. It's the responsibility of heads of business who are going to do business in China to lay down the law.

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If we keep bombing other people, that creates more anger. Tension... by Adam Yauch

If we keep bombing other people, that creates more anger. Tensions keep escalating.

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That's the strange thing about making a record. You can be in one mood for an hour, put it on a record, and you're remembered that way.

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Just keep putting out music. Don't think whether it's a hit or no... by Adam Yauch

Just keep putting out music. Don't think whether it's a hit or not and people will get you.

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I won’t sell my songs for no TV Ad. by Adam Yauch

I won’t sell my songs for no TV Ad.

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I feel that working with the camera and editing it is actually my... by Adam Yauch

I feel that working with the camera and editing it is actually my strong suit.

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I love the flow of the game. There’s a certain fluidity to basketball. I don’t enjoy watching baseball or football in the same way.

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Music is going to go in some direction that is entirely inconceivable now. If someone had been asked twenty years ago what direction they thought music was going in, they wouldn't have said sampling.

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We just play whatever we're into. For a while there, we weren't listening to too much rap stuff, 'cause there wasn't anything interesting.

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