Benji Madden Quotes
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Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.
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I haven't gone to college yet and I intend to in a few years.
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I was born with an evil face.
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Running opened up something beautiful in my life. I try to send the energy all over my body. I love the feeling of it.
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I actually had a nickname as a player myself. When I played high school football in Texas, strong safety, they called me Choo Choo because they said I hit like a train.
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I think there are only two kinds of heroes: the flamboyant ones and the angry-yet-silent types. Every character on TV falls into either category.
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I make the pussy purr with The stroke of my hand They know they gettin' it from me They know just where to go When they need their lovin man They know I do it for free They give me cat scratch fever
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I hope my kids can experience the seasons and a climate that's sustainable. The idea that things are going to be so very different for them is slightly scary.
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It gives me more breadth as an actor and as an artist to not be pigeonholed.
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Yes, we record practically everything on Pro Tools.
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I don't like it when bands don't want to play that one song everybody wants to hear. I think that's cheating everybody, and I think it's selfish of an artist to do that.
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In the beginning, I was doing whatever came my way. But that's how life is. I am not sitting around calling a 'daddy' to make a movie for me.
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Doing away with separate black colleges meets resistance from alumni and other blacks.
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It is true that women tend to be more identified with their bodies because in this crazy world, both men and women measure women's value as human beings in relationship to their physical appearance.
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The way you present a stunt is tied in to the way you photograph it, so you're hanging out with the cinematographer.
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Many first-time novelists end up rewriting their first two or three chapters, trying to get them 'just right.' But the point of the first draft is not to get it right; it's to get it written - so that you'll have something to work with.
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Fortunately, historians are now beginning to recognise the historic role of Islam as a liberating force for peoples oppressed by the burdens of unjust social systems.
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I try to create some stupid entertainment for really smart people that they don't feel too stupid watching. In 'Xanadu,' the biggest laugh was a reference to Achilles.
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You work in a band, and it tends to be more like moviemaking, I think. It tends to be more of a conscious, verbalized and, to some degree, political process.
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People have a huge desire to be listened to, for politicians to take the time to understand their problems.
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Macbeth was the first play I ever read.
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I love making movies and hope to write my own screenplay someday and do some producing and be behind-the-scenes as well.
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We started our band in a garage when we were 15.
