Chris Cornell Quotes
'Superunknown' was one of the most dramatic shifts in what we were doing musically. I don't think I realized it at the time.
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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Apparently 'The Office' plays in Brazil. Who would've thought that Brazilians would identify with a bunch of pasty white Scrantonians in a paper company? But the Brazilians I've met have really loved the show.
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Because we're able to adjust for compatibility - and what that means is we've already normalized for how well we think each person is going to get along with the other person - the only factor left in determining response rate, really, is the aesthetic appearance of the person who sent you that message.
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All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.
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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else.
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My way of relaxing was always doing the opposite and playing the drums, but I need to be able to actually chill.
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There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, 'We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table.'
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If I had to do it all over, I'd be more secluded about it.
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Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
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I'm working on a movie called 'Labor Day' with Kate Winslet while still balancing kite boarding. Being an actress and an athlete is a challenge, but I'm excited to see what happens.
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I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt.
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them.
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The lions taught me photography. They taught me patience and the sense of beauty, a beauty that penetrates you.
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If you took ISIS' oil, that would not stop them. It's not their only source of revenue. It would be a setback, but it would not stop them.
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In the fifth grade I discovered something I could do better than the other kids. One day, the teacher set up a bunch of chairs, and she had everyone run to the chairs and back while she timed us. I had the fastest time in the whole school!
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We ought to face our destiny with courage.
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For an artist or an entertainer, it's the ultimate when you can go to the forest when you're done your work and escape.
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The name of the slough was Despond.
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The dream is a world in which anyone who has anything bad happen to them has a chance of getting their story uploaded, being seen, being watched.
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'Superunknown' was one of the most dramatic shifts in what we were doing musically. I don't think I realized it at the time.
