Benji Madden Quotes

Hopefully, the people that would look at a Good Charlotte record and dismiss it for maybe what they think is a certain kind of content, if they do discover something meaningful, then it's a nice surprise. I like those kinds of contradictions.

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• At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or be with my mates, and I chose to go to church.

  

  Gareth Gates
  • Me
  • Church
  • Decide

• I had about four days of like, 'Pity party, woe is me, it's all over.' Then I did some research and spoke with doctors and got in contact with people who have MS, and I soon realized it's actually a lot more manageable than the kind of public perception of it is, and that's part of the reason why I've been so outspoken about it.

  

  Jack Osbourne
  • People
  • Why
  • Party

• My credentials, briefly: I no longer go to church or believe in God, but I can still name every one of the fruits of the Spirit and reeled for days upon hearing the announcement that Audio Adrenaline was reunited with one of the singers from DC Talk.

  

  Mallory Ortberg
  • God
  • Believe
  • Church

• Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
  • Writing
  • Done
  • Words

• All the things that human beings suffer from are how their environment treats them, and how the elements of their planet affects their mind and body - like radiation, cancer, and all.

  

  Ornette Coleman
  • Mind
  • Environment
  • Body

• One believes others will do what he will do to himself.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Will
  • Others
  • Himself

• If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And many movie fans I've spoken to would rather see an actor in a costume than CG.

  

  Warwick Davis
  • Character
  • Movie
  • Think

• It's really important how you say things because people won't necessarily remember what words you used, but they'll remember how you made them feel.

  

  Brian McDermott
  • People
  • Important
  • Remember

• If I can do it, you can do it. Anybody can.

  

  Doris Day
  • I Can
  • You Can Do It

• Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.

  

  Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day
  • Better
  • Mistakes
  • Anything

• I had a reporter ask me how much I weigh. I said to him, 'You go first: How much do you weigh?' People always ask me what I eat. Other artists don't get asked these questions.

  

  Meghan Trainor
  • People
  • Reporter
  • Weigh

• To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.

  

  Angela Davis
  • Men
  • Women
  • Society

• I'm thinking of people in rural Japan and China, where McDonald's hasn't yet arrived. These are the thinnest, healthiest, longest-lived people with the least risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

  

  Neal Barnard
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Risk

• An envious man waxeth lean with the fatness of his neighbors. Envy is the daughter of pride, the author of murder and revenge, the beginner of secret sedition and the perpetual tormentor of virtue. Envy is the filthy slime of the soul; a venom, a poison, or quicksilver which consumeth the flesh and drieth up the marrow of the bones.

  

  Socrates
  • Man
  • Pride
  • Revenge

• You don't have to be the same as anybody else, but you can support - just concerning human rights in general.

  

  Brendon Urie Panic! at the Disco
  • Support
  • General
  • Human Rights

• I would say the flip side to my fascination with systems is a fascination with components. So many of my books are dialogues between little and big.

  

  Richard Powers
  • Between
  • Fascination
  • Components

• Hopefully, the people that would look at a Good Charlotte record and dismiss it for maybe what they think is a certain kind of content, if they do discover something meaningful, then it's a nice surprise. I like those kinds of contradictions.

  

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