M. Shadows Quotes
The first Maiden record I ever got was 'Piece of Mind,' and I only got it because I thought the artwork was cool, and everyone talked about Iron Maiden. But they weren't necessarily the most popular metal band in America for a 12-year-old kid when I discovered them.
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The World Cup is every four years, so it's going to be a perennial problem.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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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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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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All good actors are actresses. The more like a woman they are, the better they act, because a man's salvation is his femininity. Women have stronger sensibilities than men, which allows them to go a bit deeper when they are on and off the stage.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong maternal instinct and ideally I would love one of my own.
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The best time to release a film is on a festive date like Divali or Eid, or at a time when there are no big films three to four weeks before or after.
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We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.
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I did an 'Our Town' in San Diego in the seventies with amateurs that I can tear up just thinking about.
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I've always kept a low profile, and I like it that way.
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I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put with a group of 7-year-olds.
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Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.
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If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.
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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
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I went into the sciences very early on, but to me, economics pervades so much more of our lives and our existence.
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Twitter means all my friends are in my computer. All my ideas are in my computer. I can do whatever I want in there; I'm kind of... bionic.
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If critics want to help me, let them come sit next to me while I'm writing.
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It is necessary to bear in mind that Scripture only teaches the chief points of those true principles which lead to the true perfection of man, and only demands in general terms faith in them.
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But I believe there is a decay that is eroding America, and as a result, God begins to disappear from our society.
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I moved in with a roommate who told me, 'Stay with me until you can afford rent. Don't give up.' People who supported me were like, 'If you don't have money for food, I'll cook you dinner. You don't have money for acting class? Let's get together and read lines.'
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The first Maiden record I ever got was 'Piece of Mind,' and I only got it because I thought the artwork was cool, and everyone talked about Iron Maiden. But they weren't necessarily the most popular metal band in America for a 12-year-old kid when I discovered them.
