Gavin Rossdale (Gavin McGregor Rossdale) Quotes
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Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.
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I love having critics for breakfast.
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Some of the stuff that Wilmer wears is bad. And Debra Jo.
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We've been probably to some degree too successful.
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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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There are some seminal things that happened in the '70s for me: Billy Joel and Jackson 5.
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Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch.
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The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.
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Some actors don't even read the stage directions at all.
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I like a man with some extra padding.
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My job is to notice echoes and notice resonances. Scientists are not supposed to do the same thing that cultural critics do.
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'Kahaani' gave me popularity and 'Gangs of Wasseypur' stardom.
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There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.
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Critics don't buy records. They get 'em free.
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In some countries, women aren't allowed to wear a swimsuit.
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The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some might take a bit longer.
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If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally.
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In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is.
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If film critics could destroy a movie, Michael Bay and Adam Sandler would be working at Starbucks. If film critics could make a movie a hit, the Dardenne brothers would be courted by every studio in town.
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Poetry is often very critical of the culture from which it emerges. Quite often literary critics of a nationalist bent talk up the national culture, in a way that the literary texts don't. Poetry can bring out areas of denial and repression.
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It is kind of hard to hold a lot in. But for me… it’s sometimes even harder to let it out.
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A good story will keep you wondering about what's happening, what's going on, where does this go? Now it's going to go that way, now it's going to go that way. It has to do that. If it's predictable, it's just boring.
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In fact, on a side note, after the success of the first record, I got asked to write for some pop artists, as everybody does, and I did a couple songs for some of these massive stars and the review that I got back was, "This artist likes the song but it's too POP-y for them." I was like, "What do you mean, I thought I was writing for a pop star."
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For some critics we might be uncool on account of our popularity.
