Mark Hoppus Quotes
We just kind of did our own thing and got made fun of by the popular kids. It was kind of like a badge of honor to be an outcast.
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The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.
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I was in culinary school for a little while, but it was just too hard to cut weight and cook at the same time.
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I don't ever try to make a song better than my last song. I just try to make it different from my last one.
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Whenever I see the news, it's always the same depressing things.
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A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.
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Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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I hate bell peppers, which is annoying because they technically have my name all over them.
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When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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Which is why I felt I was truly blessed this year, with leads in two nice films, and also the luxury of being able to do a studio film and an independent afterwards was fantastic.
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To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history.
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The way that people have gotten on board with me is the most encouraging thing in the world, but it's all very connected to the 14 years I've been on tour with Steel Train, even my band before that, Outline, and then fun. and now Bleachers.
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Funding for the original manned Voyager Mars Program was scratched in 1968, before humans had gotten out of Low Earth Orbit. Mid-'60s plans for a Venus fly-by with astronauts actually flying by it met the same fate.
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'Breakfast at Tiffany's' isn't a great movie because Audrey Hepburn is brilliant and everyone else isn't. It's a great movie because everybody is fascinating, and she is at the center of it being amazing.
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Only very brave mouse makes nest in cat's ear.
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I don't think you can ever make enough to be set for life. Well, I guess there are limits. In the billions, I guess.
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So many of the wars in history, thousands and thousands of them for the past five, six, seven thousand years, have been related to differences in Truth claims. If we can evolve beyond that problem, then I think there's some chance that we could retire the whole institution of war and begin to focus on the peaceful evolution of humanity.
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Great entrepreneurs are often great listeners and they can spot patterns and pick up on small details in customer stories.
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There are certain people in our popular culture that just capture people's imaginations. And in death, they become even larger. Now, I have to admit that it's also fed by a 24/7 media that is insatiable.
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Poetry is almost like my foundation for everything. I almost feel I am a better actor and writer because of it.
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We just kind of did our own thing and got made fun of by the popular kids. It was kind of like a badge of honor to be an outcast.
