Chris Cornell Quotes
When I did the solo acoustic tour in 2010, I fell in love with that kind of performance.
Quotes to Explore
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If you say one gets influenced watching a character, I think it's foolish. Cinema reflects society; society rarely reflects cinema.
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with psychologists to try and see what was happening. They pushed me really hard.
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In politics people build whole reputations off of getting one thing right.
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I am a leader in my own world. That's enough for me.
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The vast majority of Muslims living here are peaceful citizens. Unfortunately, however, we also see religious and political fanaticism among Muslim groups in Germany.
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I remember Nazi election propaganda posters showing a hateful Jewish face with crooked nose.
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I cannot believe that violence depicted onscreen actually causes people to act out violently. That's oversimplifying the issue. If somebody commits a violent act after seeing violence in a movie, I think the question that needs to be asked is: would that person still have committed the act if he had not seen a violent film?
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I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.
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When I was singing, everybody liked me.
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There has been a major shift in how we live in our homes. Everyone knows the kitchen is the soul of the house. It's more of an open-concept approach.
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As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.
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I would really like to go back to school. I would love it now.
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I would hate to see the idea of freedom disappear, and I wonder if maybe it will.
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The fight scenes are pretty easy and come pretty naturally for me, to be honest.
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If you're a child of store owners, if you're brought up in a store, you learn good manners. You have to be genial, well-liked. You're not going to sell a customer if you're rude. You also get with different age groups, and different types of people. So be respectful. Being respectful is very important. You have to learn this.
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He who wants to do good knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the gate open.
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The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.
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People say I'm a nice girl saying terrible things. I tend to say the opposite of what I think. You hope that the absolute power of that transcends, and reaches the audience.
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You know what I'd really like to do the most right now? Climb up to the top of some high place like the pyramids. The highest place I can find. Where you can see forever. Stand on the very top, look all around the world, see all the scenery, and see with my own eyes what's been lost from the world.
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Early in my career, I'd plan something out for my characters. But I've learned that if you know who your character is and you go on instinct, it won't be wrong. It's never wrong. It's just different.
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I was frustrated at myself, not with the team.
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I told the doctor I was overtired, anxiety-ridden, compulsively active, constantly depressed, with recurring fits of paranoia. Turns out I'm normal.
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When I did the solo acoustic tour in 2010, I fell in love with that kind of performance.
