Chris Copeland Quotes
To the folks that continue to support through ups and downs... good and bad... I can't thank you...
Quotes to Explore
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My dream was to play in good films, no matter in what country. I always waited for a decent script, and nothing has changed. I'm just sure that nothing in life is random, and I believe in the fate which guides you. Probably my starring in 'A Good Day to Die Hard' is good proof of that.
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Music was your real passion, this thing you held dear even above family. It was this relationship that never betrayed you. Once it became your job - this thing that was highly visible, this thing that became about commerce - that's when you were holding onto music like it was a palm tree in a hurricane.
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Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
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The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage.
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I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
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A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.
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We cannot know the whole truth, which belongs to God alone, but our task nevertheless is to seek to know what is true. And if we offend gravely enough against what we know to be true, as by failing badly enough to deal affectionately and responsibly with our land and our neighbors, truth will retaliate with ugliness, poverty, and disease.
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The children break all my jewelry, so everything I wear is cheap - from Topshop or Dorothy Perkins.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?
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Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.
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Despite recent speculation in the media, and after difficult but sincere consideration, I have decided not to direct 'Catching Fire.' As a writer and a director, I simply don't have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make, because of the fixed and tight production schedule.
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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I have always actually been with and attracted to very strong women, and I think I've learned a lot from them.
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Sometimes the media twists your words, and they say things to get a headline, and it's not necessarily what came out of your mouth, and they take things out of context 90 percent of the time. But I guess - any publicity is good publicity, I guess.
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The death of a famous person is different from the death of a loved one, whether it is Michael Jackson, Frank McCourt, or Walter Cronkite. We didn't know any of them personally, and yet, we experience a sense of loss.
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I have always stood in awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel.
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I can't remember my dreams more than a couple of seconds after I wake up. It's frustrating because sometimes I dream that I'm watching a really good movie.
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I loved 'Buddy Faro.' I loved the whole idea.
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I would like to see more African-American singers as part of our opera companies. If you take music and the arts out of the public schools, then you're going to lose a lot of people that you might have discovered were talented, very early.
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All my life I have been taught to take the high road and never to dignify salacious or false accusations and I have been taught never, never to lie.
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Now people are coming up to meet me at my shows and they're doing my bits! One guy earlier was at 7-11 and he comes up to me and goes "you want a falcon?".
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I love my fans in Pakistan for being so kind and letting me be myself. Along this journey of exploring myself and a new world out here, I'm always going to make them proud, too. They're my constant support system.
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To the folks that continue to support through ups and downs... good and bad... I can't thank you...
