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Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest.
Serj Tankian
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Serj Tankian
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 21
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As long as people are living their truth or their vision, whether they're activists or not, that's the important thing.
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I don't find most people to be as politically engaged as I am. I do find people that appreciate eye-opening events and words, and who want to learn more about what's going on. I do find people with a lot of opinions. And I get a lot of people who come up to me and give us props for what we do.
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Awareness in our society has flipped all types of injustice on its head.
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I hate injustice, and I can't help but speak against it. But I don't want to get involved in politics.
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To deny a genocide because of convenience and expediency having to do with an illegal war or occupation in Iraq to me, is double hypocritical.
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The living ideas of the dead are more powerful and effective than the dead ideas of the living.
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I'm a huge Beatles fan, but I've only really gotten into them as an adult.
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We [americans] self-regulate ourselves, we self-censor ourselves a lot in this country instead of having someone else censor us so we can blame them. That's not good, either.
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I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician.
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Touring and putting out records is fun and cool, but I've been doing it for a long time.
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