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I'm kind of an evangelical atheist.

Brian Eno

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Brian Eno
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 15
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In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very foundations of a free market economy: 'These children want to work, these people want to employ them... what is your problem? It's not as if anyone has kidnapped them...'
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I'm fascinated by musicians who don't completely understand their territory that's when you do your best work.
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American television really is pathetic.
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I'm bloody awful at multi-tasking.
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My interest in making music has been to create something that does not exist that I would like to listen to. I wanted to hear music that had not yet happened, by putting together things that suggested a new thing which did not yet exist.
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I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function.
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