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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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I didn't realize how much harm I was doing back then and I think a lot of rap artists probably don't realize it now. I said a lot of stuff fooling around back then, and I saw it do a lot of harm.

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

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Just as we were finishing 'Paul's Boutique' we got our own places, and I was going out to clubs a lot less. I got a bit more introverted and spent a lot more time on my own reading. I would just go down to the esoteric bookstore and wander around.

~Adam Yauch

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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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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.

~Adam Yauch

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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.

~Adam Yauch

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I think the really significant part of it for us, for the western world, is we have a lot to gain from the Tibetans - there are certain lessons that are within Tibetan culture. I mean understandings of compassion and of nonviolence that are things that we really lack in our society.

~Adam Yauch

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I think the main focus in America is - is basically greed.

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I think it's scary that that our elected officials aren't operating under the principles of human rights, under the principles that this government and this country was founded on.

~Adam Yauch

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: August 5th, 1964

Died: May 4th, 2012

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