Matthew Charles Sanders (M. Shadows) Quotes
I think you gotta have balls to be an Avenged fan sometimes. A lot of our fans get hated on just as much as us. To me Avenged fans aren't just fans of a band, they are fans of everything that surrounds it, like a life style. We live it, you live it. You go to the shows and you can feel it. It's a great experience and people that aren't involved will never understand. So they can stand on the side lines and talk, but we will continue to do just what makes us happy.
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I think the music I've created is quite odd, and people are going to start talking about that.
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Dangerous people with guns are a threat to women.
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The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.
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I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.
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Sometimes when it comes to the iconic kind of moments, when I read the script for the first time, you get little goose bumps or something because it really is kind of exciting.
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I know how to fake someone out, if they break into my house, into thinking there are other people there.
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I'm a national security liberal, which I tell people because it's meant to sound absurd.
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I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them.
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People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.
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It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.
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I think music docs could turn off some people.
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I love collaborating with different people.
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Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found.
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When I was in high school I got involved in the fringe theater scene in Chicago, and I met some openly gay people. I could see that it got better, that they were happy and loved and supported. I saw with my own eyes that it got better.
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I have been lucky in my life to have met people that are special, so extraordinary talented that they somehow are on a different plane. Sometimes these amazingly talented people find a way to keep reinventing themselves to stay relevant and alive. Some fall under the crushing vibrancy of their own intensity.
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People make me key chains... someone attached a Dauntless symbol to a silver pen. That one is what I use to sign books. I use that a lot. I like to keep them around because they remind me that people are waiting for these books and that they really love them. It gives me motivation in those times when I'm not feeling very motivated.
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It's very difficult to make a 100% turnaround. It's tough when you actually do exhibit patterns of bad behavior. You need to have a very strong support system of people who are willing to keep you in your place if you're going to overcome these things.
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We did not do a good enough job of taking care of the people who were losing their careers and retraining them into the new economy.
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I have always loved animals since I was very young.
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I take my inspiration for the song writing from little experiences, not even if I've experienced them myself but say if something has made me sad, I will use that emotion. I just use everyday life and write about it.
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Long before social media made things like bib replication easier, banditing at major races was viewed as a brave act. Rebellious runners like John Tarrant gatecrashed races as a political statement, in protest of rules about amateurism that limited how much money athletes could earn in appearance fees and endorsements.
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I think you gotta have balls to be an Avenged fan sometimes. A lot of our fans get hated on just as much as us. To me Avenged fans aren't just fans of a band, they are fans of everything that surrounds it, like a life style. We live it, you live it. You go to the shows and you can feel it. It's a great experience and people that aren't involved will never understand. So they can stand on the side lines and talk, but we will continue to do just what makes us happy.
