Taylor Hawkins Quotes

The records that I grew up listening to had feel, and the drummers that inspired me - like Stewart Copeland, Neil Peart, Phil Collins and Roger Taylor - all had their own voice and individual style.

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• Some reporter called me 'the angriest gay man in the world' or some such. Well, it stuck, but I realized it was very useful.

  

  Larry Kramer
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• I have a nice smile, pretty lips, and big round cheeks. They help me look like a teenager.

  

  Gabourey Sidibe
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• For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.

  

  Rachel Weisz
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• Sometimes it's less about the character and more about the story for me. I'll play a rock in the background if I think the story is fantastic and I can be a part of it somehow. That's what I look for.

  

  Zoe Kravitz
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• I brought in a yogurt master from Turkey. I went to Greece. I was always going back and forth, from New York to Turkey and Greece. The recipe we use has been around hundreds and hundreds of years. Growing up in Turkey, not a day would go by that we wouldn't eat yogurt like this.

  

  Hamdi Ulukaya
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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.

  

  T-Pain
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• If you were to ask me what I want to do – I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.

  

  Lady Gaga
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• Drugs scared me.

  

  Larry David
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• He does all research now, but he put me on some medication, Zoloft, and, I tell you what, a lot of people have had pros and cons about it, but it was my wonder drug.

  

  Tanya Tucker
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• When I was growing up, I wasn't in bands, and had really no intention of ever doing music. I went out to California for college, and kind of on a whim started making music really as a joke, and over the course of the next five years started playing a lot of shows, and music became this really integral part of my identity.

  

  K. Flay
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• During the first 13 centuries after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, no one thought of setting up a creche to celebrate Christmas. The pre-eminent Christian holiday was Easter, not Christmas.

  

  Nancy Pearcey
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• I don't want to worry about maintaining an air of decorum that's not natural to me.

  

  Taron Egerton
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• I've never really felt like a veteran. I've never felt like the guy who's like, 'OK, everyone needs to look up to me and respect me.' I've always just been one of the guys that people are excited to get in the ring with. That's all I want.

  

  A.J. Styles
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• Motherhood has helped me to stop overanalyzing things. It's been liberating because I used to be somewhat neurotic. I attribute that to having something bigger than myself.

  

  Idina Menzel
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• I like the fact that Jack is always wearing a tie except when he's on a mission. I do like it when I get out there and dress up, or dress down, a little bit.

  

  Victor Garber
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• I was a fan of T-Pain's music growing up. I bought 'Epiphany' and 'Rappa Ternt Sanga.'

  

  Quavo Migos
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• Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field.

  

  Sachin Tendulkar
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• The past is open to all sorts of magical possibilities because it can't be verified. It's as we make it, so it seems to be entirely free. It seems to be completely up for grabs. But of course it's not.

  

  Samantha Harvey
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• With trials, you become wiser. You learn more about yourself and the people surrounding you. Me personally, I've never been the type of person to judge anyone over wrongdoing, no matter what it is. I'm just not a judgmental person.

  

  Adrian Peterson
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• Comedy can take you a lot further in getting your point across. People are entertained, and then, by being entertained, they get your point.

  

  Maz Jobrani
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• A ring means a commitment. But more than that, it means that you've talked about your shared future and have decided together on a shared vision of it.

  

  Patti Stanger
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• I probably could have toured off 'Trilogy' for the rest of my life. It definitely changed the culture. No one can do a trilogy again without thanking The Weeknd.

  

  The Weeknd
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• I knew a ton of actors and was friends with them, but I never dated actresses. I tried to date 'normal' people because the Hollywood dating rule is 'one star per couple' because it's quite a challenge to match the egos of two actors.

  

  Zach Galligan
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• The records that I grew up listening to had feel, and the drummers that inspired me - like Stewart Copeland, Neil Peart, Phil Collins and Roger Taylor - all had their own voice and individual style.

  

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