Joel Madden Quotes
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My parents would definitely be my childhood heroes.
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When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.
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Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
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Brands like Starbucks came along and talked about their brand as itself being a community, the idea that Starbucks is what they like to call a 'third place,' which is not their idea; it's the idea of basic citizenry needing a place that is not work, that is not home, where citizens gather.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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I'm not slim. I'm a curvy girl: I've got thighs and a bum. I don't mind baring the fact that I've got a bit of cellulite because everybody has. I find it off-putting when everybody on telly is the same size or looks the same build. For me, it's important for people to watch someone normal.
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What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.
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Take your average couscous salad, and it's almost always a sloppy mush, no matter how much attention has gone into getting flavours in there.
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I believe that everything has a shelf life.
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During my adolescence, our family dwelt in rural Alaska. We were dirt poor, Depression-era poor. Tarpaper shack and kerosene lamps. In those days I read because that's all I had. I wrote because that's all I had.
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I own a home in Kyoto, Japan actually on the temple on grounds in Nanzenji that is going to become a Japanese art museum.
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A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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I like to think of ideas as potential energy. They're really wonderful, but nothing will happen until we risk putting them into action.
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It is true that I am often startled and even angered and repulsed by the strange directions and provocative content of new forms that seem to pop up every few months.
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That's the great thing about the NFL: A team can get hot and win a championship.
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It is possible that the production of genius is reserved to a limited period of mankind's history.
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I knew rice and gravy would be a hit. Who grew up here and never ate rice and gravy? I'm glad no one ever thought about it before.
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Instead of going out and shooting people, why don't you go start a band.
