Trent Reznor Quotes

You can punch a wall or write a song. Just as painful either way, but you have something to show for it at the end of the day with a song.

Trent Reznor Nine Inch Nails

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• No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded.

  

  Lascelles Abercrombie
  • Art
  • Poet
  • Take

• At first, before you meet her, you're like, 'I'm gonna meet Angelina Jolie! I'm talking to Angelina Jolie!' And then, within a matter of five minutes, you're like, 'Oh, I'm just talking to my director,' and it's just back to work. She really is all about the work. She's so surprisingly down-to-earth.

  

  Finn Wittrock
  • Work
  • She
  • Earth

• The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

  

  Jack London
  • Time
  • Live
  • Trying

• Careers don't interest me. The only thing that interests me is continuing to be a poet on one level or another, whether acting or writing or directing.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Writing
  • Me
  • Acting

• Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.

  

  Ogden Nash
  • Children
  • Happy
  • Parents

• Bulking up for the Twilight films was one of the hardest things I've done... I had to give myself a lot of pep talks, as there was just so much gym time.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Up
  • Time
  • Done

• I do big films just to experience personal satisfaction.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Experience
  • Satisfaction

• I grew up around old stuff that was not necessarily valuable, but certainly unusual.

  

  Gail Z. Martin
  • Up
  • Old
  • Valuable

• There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real hunger problems - to worry that much about a few pounds that I'd like to lose.

  

  Gail Simmons
  • Life
  • World
  • Women

• Luckily, I have been offered the chance to play a South American, Hispanic and even a character from the Middle East in films. There are also a lot of TV series in the U.S. that have a strong presence of actors from India.

  

  Madhur Mittal
  • Character
  • American
  • Strong

• I have experienced a murderer among my friends. Many, many years ago. At close range I have seen the impact of it. I knew the victim, I went to the funeral, I have been to the house, to the specific room where the killing took place, and I was stunned by it. It's such a blow.

  

  Karin Fossum
  • Friends
  • House
  • Years

• I save everything. I have these carefully organized file boxes. Somewhere in there is a section of the 'New York Times' where I wrote 'The Border Guard' in the margin.

  

  J. D. Souther
  • Everything
  • New
  • New York

• I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.

  

  Laila Ali
  • People
  • Father
  • Compassion

• You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.

  

  Patrick Leahy
  • You
  • Opinions
  • Democrats

• Although I'm not from London originally: I moved down here when I was 16, so it's played a part in my life. It's where I've lived for all that time.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • Life
  • Time
  • My Life

• Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.

  

  Ed Rendell
  • New
  • Priority
  • Creating

• For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Me
  • Opinion
  • Alien

• When I get dolled up to go out, men turn their heads and I'm used to it. But I think all women are sexy and should embrace that side of themselves.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • Up
  • Men
  • Women

• I usually listen to various kind of singers. Curtis Mayfield was my favorite. James Brown, Tina Turner, queen of soul, I started to get that musical essence from that time before I even do my first song.

  

  Burning Spear
  • Time
  • Soul
  • Song

• I play the piano a lot at home, I write songs on the piano and guitar. I would like to actually play piano on stage... I don't think I'll get the chance for a while.

  

  Mick Taylor The Rolling Stones
  • Home
  • Song
  • Play

• Always stay grounded and enjoy everything that comes your way, whether it's the chance to go for a opportunity or getting one.

  

  Chandler Canterbury
  • Opportunity

• Television has to reflect back to you your own sense of security. It also has to mirror your sense of your own decency and your own limitations.

  

  Lee Siegel
  • Mirror

• I didn't worry about my career ending, but there were days where I felt pretty beat up by it all and just pretty tired, because they didn't make it easy for me. And coming right off the last lawsuit, it was the last thing I wanted to get involved in. When it was over, we didn't really celebrate, we were just exhausted. I lost all interest in the record business and never wanted to do anything except hand in a record again.

  

  Tom Petty Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  • Career
  • Worry
  • Ending

• You can punch a wall or write a song. Just as painful either way, but you have something to show for it at the end of the day with a song.

  

  Trent Reznor Nine Inch Nails
  • Song
  • Wall