Kris Allen Quotes
Someone asked me a while back, 'Why do artists always write about love?' And I was like, 'Love is the coolest thing that's ever happened in the world.'
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.
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I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.
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A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.
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Endurance in ministry is rooted in the eternal perspective. The absence of an eternal perspective makes you vulnerable to losing heart.
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It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life.
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When the government undertakes or approves a major project such as a dam or highway project, it must make sure the project's impacts, environmental and otherwise, are considered. In many cases, NEPA gives the public its only opportunity to be heard about the project's impact on their community.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want.
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I don't want any romantics to go into the military. I'm not a pacifist. I think we need a military, and the better one we have, the better off we are. I don't want kids going in there thinking that it's John Wayne on Iwo Jima. That's not healthy.
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I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.
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Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.
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A champion without his belt is like a knight without his sword. I've got to have it.
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We in the West walked away from Afghanistan at the end of the Cold War and left it as a country devastated socially and armed to the teeth. If we do that again, there will be consequences.
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In my experience, the men of World War II, the vets of Vietnam, even guys coming back from Iraq, are loath to talk about their experiences. And the survivors of the Holocaust, particularly, are often very close-mouthed about their stories, even to their own children.
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It's a different world.
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Someone asked me a while back, 'Why do artists always write about love?' And I was like, 'Love is the coolest thing that's ever happened in the world.'
