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.

Paul Arden

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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.

  

  Olly Murs
  • People
  • Success
  • Education

• I loved fairy tales as a kid, so that's where my mind gravitates.

  

  Gail Carson Levine
  • Mind
  • Loved
  • Kid

• Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.

  

  Igor Stravinsky
  • Playing
  • Percent
  • Spend

• I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • Movie
  • Career
  • College

• I think that anything that has privileges have responsibility and all people that is clear about their responsibility has compromise.

  

  Carlos Slim
  • People
  • Responsibility

• Yes, the upper reaches of society are still dominated by men.

  

  Hanna Rosin
  • Men
  • Society
  • Yes

• The art of interpretation is not to play what is written.

  

  Pablo Casals
  • Art
  • Play
  • Interpretation

• 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.

  

  Fleur East
  • Time
  • Career
  • Me

• And I'm not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it.

  

  Aaron McGruder
  • People
  • Live
  • Love

• I can't be a role model. I just can't be.

  

  Larry Drake
  • Model
  • Just
  • Role Model

• A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • You
  • Friend
  • Same

• I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it.

  

  Rainn Wilson
  • School
  • High
  • Year

• 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.

  

  Alexander Hamilton
  • Power
  • Words
  • Law

• 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.

  

  Lorraine Gary
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• 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.

  

  Dash Mihok
  • Mind
  • Soul
  • Environment

• 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.

  

  James Balog
  • Work
  • May
  • Home

• I just want to get back to the point where America has the best of everything.

  

  Jim Inhofe
  • America

• Grittier students are more likely to earn their diplomas; grittier teachers are more effective in the classroom. Grittier soldiers are more likely to complete their training, and grittier salespeople are more likely to keep their jobs. The more challenging the domain, the more grit seems to matter.

  

  Angela Duckworth
  • Training
  • Grit

• The thing I always liked best about touring abroad was constantly running into different people, different cultures, different foods. It really pumped up my batteries... I'm constantly playing to a demographically diverse audience... one generation is driven by nostalgia, the next by curiosity. And that's why I have no plans to retire.

  

  Gene Pitney
  • People
  • Up
  • Different

• After the terrible events of last week, there is still the shock and disbelief; there is anger; there is fear; but there is also, throughout the world, a profound sense of solidarity; there is courage; there is a surging of the human spirit.

  

  Tony Blair
  • World
  • Spirit
  • Week

• I have a wide range of influences - I mean, first of all, I am a big, big fan of old soul music. Then, there's people like Donny Hathaway, Elton John... a diverse array of music.

  

  Brandon Victor Dixon
  • People
  • Music
  • Soul

• My diet is always terrible, unfortunately. I don't know moderation.

  

  Sean Astin
  • Terrible
  • Moderation
  • Diets

• I've now discovered that if you know what you want and try hard to achieve it, everyone else will try hard, too.

  

  Paul Arden