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This was something that was obsessing me and creating a writer's block. To get involved and get stuck in, get the proper information about what's going on has really helped.

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Thom Yorke
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: October 7
Composer
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Thomas Edward Yorke
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Technology is killing us. We think it's helping us but it's killing us. Don't ask me why because I don't have the time or the attention span to complete that thought. Now let's all hold hands and draw spider monkeys.
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It annoys me how pretty my voice is...that sounds incredibly immodest, but it annoys me how polite it can sound when perhaps what I'm singing is deeply acidic.
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We weren't listening to guitar bands, we were thoroughly ashamed of being a guitar band. So we bought loads of keyboards and learned how to use them, and when we got bored we went back to guitars.
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Ambition makes you look pretty ugly Kicking, squealing Gucci little piggy.
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I don't know why people called me Tom. My name is THUMB.
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Whenever I meet a beauty, I escape or hide in the corner.
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I cannot read a fortune cookie without breaking down and crying. I am sensitive.
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I think sometimes all the charities are doing is mopping up the blood. It’s a shame.
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