David Cook Quotes
I think every good song tells a story, as ambiguous and vague as it may be. And if you know what a song is talking about, it can only help your performance.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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More modern poetry is written than read.
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I think there are two aspects to ageing: there's the physical side and what's happening inside.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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A victim is a victim is a victim. We should stop setting up standards that say we will have one standard of law enforcement for one group of victims but not for another.
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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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If there were a major earthquake in Los Angeles, with bridges and highways and railroads and airports all shut down and huge buildings collapsing, I don't care how much planning you do, the first 72 hours is going to be chaotic.
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Television is democracy at its ugliest.
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I still consider myself a working-class girl and would send my kids to public school.
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I use the city because it saves time, I don't have to do a lot of research on the setting.
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When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.
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I keep on saying, being moderate is fundamental to Islam.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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I'm not dark; I'm not. The main thing I consider in accepting a role is less the tone of the movie and more whether I think it's a good film, whether I like the character and whether I think I could do it. I don't think, 'Oh, I've done X amount of dark films.'
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As soldiers in Israel's army, one of the most grueling training regimens we had to endure was a long march while carrying a comrade on a stretcher.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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I haven't always been gluten-free.
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I have many books that I want to write; I'd like to think that I'll be around for another 20 years or so and write another dozen novels, probably some sort of imaginative literature... Never again another seven-volume saga.
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I remember people telling me that at 5 1/2 minutes long, 'Lightning Crashes' would never be a hit song.
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The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
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I think every good song tells a story, as ambiguous and vague as it may be. And if you know what a song is talking about, it can only help your performance.
