Lorde (Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor) Quotes
My dad is a civil engineer, and my mom is a stay-at-home mom. The fact that my parents weren't really involved in music was kind of good, because it meant that I had something that was private and personal.Lorde
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A few weeks after my mom passed in November of 2013, I came back from an injury and entered the Egg Bowl in the second half against Ole Miss. I'll never forget the feeling when I walked back out on the field. As I walked into the Egg Bowl, the crowd stood up and clapped like they were enveloping me in a giant hug.
Dak Prescott -
It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
M. Ward -
I'm a good Muslim and I'm only interested in Islam.
Idi Amin -
I'm French - it's less important. Meaning, I remain a Frenchman in America, but I adapt to American culture. I feel good there - but I'm still a foreigner.
Olivier Martinez -
What we've seen of Rey, she looks like she can handle her stuff. So most of the comments I get are from parents who say how wonderful it is that their little girls can see this character.
Daisy Ridley -
I enjoy going out by myself... always have, always will. I don't have security guards, and, for the most part, I enjoy meeting new people. I see myself as a regular guy who likes playing video games with his nieces and nephews and poker with his family. I don't have an art collection or take exotic vacations. I enjoy being at home.
Vince Vaughn
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Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.
Camille Paglia -
My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
Balthazar Getty -
Being 16 years old and getting an electric guitar is never going to get old. There's always going to be kids making music. There's always going to be kids in bands.
Dan Auerbach The Black Keys -
The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.
Xavier Rudd -
I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
Barbara Bush -
My mom cooked for us, and on the weekend, we always had Sunday dinner. My father liked to bake.
Cara Buono
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Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.
Aaron Sorkin -
My dad likes to recite the story of 'Pablo the Donkey' before dinner to teach us the real meaning of Christmas. Every year, it's the same; every year, we cringe!
Mallory Jansen -
My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'm going to play drums. And if I'm not going to play drums, I'm going to play bass. I always just wanted to play music. I was completely obsessed.
Gary Clark Jr. -
My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home.
Queen Latifah -
I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Candice Bergen -
I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.
Idina Menzel
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At school, I was brought up on revolting food - sausages, sausages and Spam - but at home, I had the most wonderful sponge puddings, which I don't indulge in very often now.
David Blunkett -
I mostly write about the working poor. Somehow, they're not being written about much anymore. I'm very interested in people who are in a situation that needs a little puzzling out. The thing that gets me started on a story is a person in a tough situation.
Bonnie Jo Campbell -
We have to be very cognizant of the fact that 90 percent of the electronic media in this country is owned, operated, programmed, and controlled by conservatives. They made a concerted effort during and before the Reagan years that they were going to get the microphone.
Ed Schultz -
After forty years of intensive research on school learning in the United States as well as abroad, my major conclusion is: What any person in the world can learn, almost all persons can learn if provided with appropriate prior and current conditions of learning.
Benjamin Bloom -
When I was young, running with a gang was a cool thing to do; that's how you get popular; that's how you get the girls.
Martin Compston -
My dad is a civil engineer, and my mom is a stay-at-home mom. The fact that my parents weren't really involved in music was kind of good, because it meant that I had something that was private and personal.
Lorde