Carl Stokes Quotes
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.
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The cast of 'Lemonade Mouth' was picked so perfectly. A lot of people see us as a band on camera, but not a lot of people know that Lemonade Mouth was a band off-camera, too.
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Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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One of the first pieces of advice I was ever given, on my first job was, 'You should always buy something to treat yourself to say, 'Well done for getting the job!'
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The Strokes are one of my favorite bands... And there's this band called Future Islands that I love.
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I find end-of-the-world stuff enthralling - to imagine how life will be in the future on Earth and in space!
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I'm an all-things-in-moderation kind of person. I do eat a warm donut occasionally. I especially enjoy a cider donut when I'm apple picking. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
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So it's joyful to me, in my 71st year, to be able to be in a play that is absolutely right for my age and my experience, and that is a popular success. What more could you ask as an actor?
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I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.
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We must master our egoism, and through this mastery, step outside ourselves and educate ourselves in giving. Fasting requires that we rediscover all that is alive around us, and reconcile ourselves with our environment.
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I love being a part of something so many people can relate to and enjoy.
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Albums are like diaries. You go through phases, technically and emotionally, and they reflect the state that you're in at the time.
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My father is quite conservative and religious, and he's been wanting me to get married since I was 15.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, I don't know if you'd call him a great actor, but he's amazing in terms of his presence, and he is interesting enough that you want to watch him.
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Man has an innate capacity for violence, but can only justify it in the name of justice.
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If you're a designer, there's got to be some films that you've seen that have inspired you creatively. There's no escaping that.
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Whatever show is on, I dress in that designer's clothes. Some of them were totally unwearable.
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As an artist, you want to make good stories and create good art; as a businessman, you want to make money and make sure the investors are happy. The two will always clash, unfortunately.
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If you happen to start a new country in the 1990s, you have the advantage of drafting new laws with the knowledge that the Internet is out there.
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I think the sixties must have been quite a lot of fun.
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Business models change. As technology processes, business models change.
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There is nothing fundamentally wrong with America's cities that money can't cure.
