Paul Arden Quotes
I've now discovered that if you know what you want and try hard to achieve it, everyone else will try hard, too.
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I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.
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I loved fairy tales as a kid, so that's where my mind gravitates.
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I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star.
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I think that anything that has privileges have responsibility and all people that is clear about their responsibility has compromise.
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Yes, the upper reaches of society are still dominated by men.
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The art of interpretation is not to play what is written.
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Just before I auditioned for 'The X Factor,' there was nothing in my diary at all. I had no shows; nothing was happening. It was make-or-break time for me, and I had to consider doing another career altogether.
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And I'm not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it.
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I can't be a role model. I just can't be.
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A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
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Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience.
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I can’t pretend to have worked my way up through adversity. I need the money not for food like other people, but to prove that I’m worth something. Jaws freed me to discover that a successful movie didn’t make a damn bit of difference to my life.
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Acting is a stressful environment to put yourself into, and stress triggers Tourette's, but I think it's partly an outlet because when I'm acting, I'm putting my mind, body, and soul into something, and that's one of the times during the day when I don't tic.
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The scientist-community guy may get a $500,000 grant, and if his equipment works or doesn't work, he still gets a gold star for doing the science experiment. For me, there is no merit in anything for doing an experiment; I have to go home with pictures.
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I just want to get back to the point where America has the best of everything.
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I often do crazy siren noises, or, like, a high-pitched dolphin, just to make sure that all my range is there. I make random noise and blurt out random sounds, to make sure I get rid of any bad nerves. I want to make sure to feel as confident as possible.
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In the game of love, the losers are more celebrated than the winners.
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When Peter Jackson made the 'Lord of the Rings' movies, I remember there was a concern that people who didn't read Tolkien wouldn't go see the first one. But the films were so good in their own right that the audience grew beyond the readership of the book.
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So don't applaud. Just send me the check.
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My career path is like crazy paving - it goes all over the place.
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You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.
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Getting older, I realize I've had a very fortunate life. I've had a budget that's allowed me to do just about any silly little thing the mind could conjure up, and I'm still alive and here.
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I've now discovered that if you know what you want and try hard to achieve it, everyone else will try hard, too.
