Emily Kokal Quotes
As a female band, we don't come from trying to be appealing or "sexy." There are a lot of bands - and I'm not dissing anyone - that talk a lot about being girls. I'm more into the idea of being ourselves and letting that speak for itself.Emily Kokal
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For me, it's better to live without looking over your shoulder, worrying about who is controlling your phone, maybe poisoning your food.
Bahman Ghobadi -
Think of the difference between a team sport and one that you do by yourself. Like it or not, if you're by yourself, you're going to be faced with a lot more of your own doubts and your own drawbacks and your own whatever.
Campbell Scott -
The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.
Mac Thornberry -
Well, it's still another two-day competition, so it's really important to show that you're ready. Every meet is really important right now. You've got to keep showing you can hit.
Carly Patterson -
In Fall Out Boy, we were all playing with our pop punk influences, so that was always within that kind of framework.
Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy -
Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master.
Walter Rauschenbusch
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
Han Fei -
Citizens United opened a door that's frustrated anyone who's looking.
Ted Deutch -
I used to have the 'Best Of Eddie Murphy' VHS tape that I wore out completely, watching it over and over again. His 'Buckwheat Sings' is, to this day, one of my all-time favorite sketches on the show. I also loved the one where he plays the Tooth Fairy.
Taran Killam -
I don't want to go slumming in somebody else's pain just to write a book. I want to go into those darker places to shine a light on that experience and come out with a story that validates the human spirit.
Patricia McCormick -
I love single life! Why would it be boring? I mean, I get to travel around and have loads of girls screaming at me, so it's definitely not boring. However, it can get lonely on the road, but I'm sorted I've got good people around me.
Olly Murs -
Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honours or of wealth.
Isaac D'Israeli
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I always felt if you were going to be successful, make sure you get good people. You win with great players. Coaches don't win games. Players win games.
Hank Stram -
I thought I'd be edgy and dye my hair red. And I dyed my hair, like, Jessica Rabbit red. It kind of allowed me to have this whole new confidence and this whole new swagger and this whole new sense of self. It kind of brought out the inner rock star in me. I had never dyed my hair like that, and no one forgot me after that.
Candice Accola -
I've started getting acclimated to writing on the road and on the spot. I just let whatever I feel at the time come out, instead of really sitting there and taking days to write just one song.
Action Bronson -
Conventional is not for me. I like things that are uniquely Flo. I like being different.
Florence Griffith Joyner -
It's a good thing that when God created the rainbow he didn't consult a decorator or he would still be picking colors.
Sam Levenson -
He has not lived in vain who learns to be unruffled by loss, by gain, by, joy, by pain.
Angelus Silesius
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Among the disciples of Jesus, it seems most likely that at least Philip was bilingual in Aramaic and Greek.
Jay Parini -
The happiest times in my life were the days when I was traveling with Les Brown and his band.
Doris Day -
The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they're organized for.
Laura Ingalls Wilder -
There's a difference between music that's original and music that's retro. A lot of bands now are kind of retro 70s whether it's Kraut-rock or... I've heard people suggest that we're kind of retro 80s.
Bill Orcutt -
As a female band, we don't come from trying to be appealing or "sexy." There are a lot of bands - and I'm not dissing anyone - that talk a lot about being girls. I'm more into the idea of being ourselves and letting that speak for itself.
Emily Kokal