Joel Madden Quotes
It's always a bit much, being in a band with your brother. We fight all the time, but it's kind of comical.
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I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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I intend not to do an item song ever. I find the term 'item songs' bizarre. I do not want to comment on its presence and its popularity, but I would rather avoid it.
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When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.
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Leaders cannot work in a vacuum. They may take on larger, seemingly more important roles in an organization, but this does not exclude them from asking for and using feedback. In fact, a leader arguably needs feedback more so than anyone else. It's what helps a leader respond appropriately to events in pursuit of successful outcomes.
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An image of the Earth, its landscapes, directly affects people. The beauty of the Earth creates enormous emotion, and through that emotion, you can transmit knowledge and raise consciousness.
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
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For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!
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I don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.
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The biggest part of Loopt is about discovering the world around you, never replacing a social experience - only adding to it.
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I'm never really going to be the normal teenager.
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I love meat - I'm Cuban; I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con pollo. I don't believe in starving yourself, but sometimes I do cleanses and diets to prepare for a role.
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There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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I've had an interest in politics since I was a little kid.
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There are people worse off than me. I've had a very long run. I'm fine really. I'm just old.
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When someone throws up while watching one of your movies, it's like a standing ovation.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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My favourite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually sit down at my desk.
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Sometimes, the aftermath is more devastating than the storm. That is the story of the 2008 financial crisis. It was disastrous at the time, but what has been worse is how long it has lingered.
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If you're going to go out doing something, you might as well be fighting for your country or fighting for your life.
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It's always a bit much, being in a band with your brother. We fight all the time, but it's kind of comical.
