Benji Madden Quotes
Often people think they know what they want, but what they really want is something that's genuine. So they'll be saying, "Do another one like that," but you liked that one because it's real. So as long as I keep it real and I do something that's real to me, you're going to feel it in the same way.
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As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
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Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
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I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls.
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My style is very simple, but I love Reese Witherspoon, Kate Hudson and Kate Middleton.
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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.
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I am extremely left brain dominant, probably 95%-5%. The feeling side of my brain is not really strong.
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You can't watch 'Daredevil' or 'Jessica Jones' or the Marvel films and not be aware that the villain has to be awesome. I've always wanted to have more space. And the scope, morally, is more broad for the villain than the hero.
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I'm a serial monogamist.
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I love to talk to children about making mistakes. It's important that I tell them about how I don't get it right the first time. We live in such a perfectionist society, and they see so many finished products and polished performances.
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Mr. Koons's work has always inspired architects, which I think is very interesting. I think he is an artist who has reinvented himself so many times and reinvented so many different series.
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I'd been a wedding singer through college, but after a few years of doing my best renditions of jazz standards to clinking glasses and the sound of forks on salad, I thought, 'Oh God, if this is all I do, I'll never be able to live with myself.'
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'The Handmaid's Tale' is a human story, and women's rights are human rights, and it's all about equality, but at the end of the day, it's not equal.
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The Internet's great promise is to make the world's information universally accessible and useful.
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When you want to make a film abroad, you need producers and people who support you. You need a team that speaks your language.
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I don't think there was enough skepticism because I think most of us kind of believed that Saddam Hussein was building biological, chemical, and perhaps even, nuclear weapons.
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Each new situation requires a new architecture.
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I could never be in a situation with a job where I was not allowed to listen to music all day. I would rather work at a fast food restaurant where I could turn on the radio all day rather than be in a situation where I have to sneak and listen to music.
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Rectitude carried to excess hardens into stiffness; benevolence indulged beyond measure sinks into weakness.
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I have no skanky guys in my band nor on my bus. If they are they get the boot real quick.
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Often people think they know what they want, but what they really want is something that's genuine. So they'll be saying, "Do another one like that," but you liked that one because it's real. So as long as I keep it real and I do something that's real to me, you're going to feel it in the same way.
