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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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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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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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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I have got nothing against family companies, but there must be real equity, that is all I say. It cannot be based on influence or political friendships. It has to be based on real equity backing their dreams.
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I'm never happier than when I'm not working. The strip is a job - that's why I take money for it. It's a job I'm passionate about, but it's a job I totally leave in the studio when I walk out of here, unless I'm late and I have to work at home. I never think of the strip unless I'm compelled to.
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Letters should be easy and natural.
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It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution.
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I would have loved to do 'Alice in Wonderland.' Being a 'Bond' girl would always be fun. We had a lot of action in 'Eclipse' and I'd definitely like to continue down the action road. I want to do a romantic period piece, but those are really hard to get made because they're very expensive and there's not a huge demographic.
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If I don't terrorize, I'm not Pop.
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I don't encourage anybody to do what I do, you know? Why should you? More for me!
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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.'
