Christopher Poole Quotes
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The gift of sobriety is clarity and a sense of connection - and travel only enhances that.
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I can't sing, but I'll sing over this chord progression, like, over and over, for however long it takes - sometimes it's, like, two minutes, sometimes it's 20 minutes - until I've found like a hook or something that I'm really happy with. And then, basically, it just like that's my melody, and that's where I start from.
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It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.
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In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.
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The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on educating and supporting teachers or developing curricula but no resources are applied to 'improving the brain' that a student brings to the classroom.
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The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail.
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Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.
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My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible.
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I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy.
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I don't get self-conscious. I'm not vain in that way.
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If you want to achieve your dreams, you must follow them, and the best way to follow them is not to think about wanting to be very rich, but to think about doing something that you really want to do.
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The more things remain obscure and mysterious, the more they interest me. I even try to find mystery in things that have none.
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What did Christ really do? He hung out with hard-drinking fishermen.
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I've been writing my entire life, and I'll always write.
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Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there.
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I'd like to someday see myself married to my true love and starting a big family, and at the same time still having an artistic job.
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It's important to raise your voice in things you feel passionate about and things that you know about. Don't raise your voice just to raise your voice if you have nothing behind it and don't know what you're talking about.
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I love 'Jane Eyre,' and I love the Bronte sisters. I actually didn't read any of them until I was in college, so I don't have quite the same connection with them that I think a lot of women do.
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I'm always easily frightened and I hate being scared. I've never been able to go on the haunted house rides at carnivals of anything like that; my imagination just takes over!
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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I think my biggest learning experience is that it's okay to be who you are - you don't have to exactly fit the mold of what people think a certain kind of career is. I think that discovery - of really knowing who I am and being okay with that and loving myself - was amazing.
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If you just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it's not that much time away from home.
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A college degree is not a sign that one is a finished product but an indication a person is prepared for life.
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Anyone who posts illegal content on 4chan is an idiot.
