Chris Martin Quotes
Off the bat, I played bad. But I didn't let that get to me. I just kept scrambling.
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Definitely for me, my personality, having children was a definite sea change. I found it very, very hard to balance show business and being a dad. The narcissism of show business and the complete, total focus of it was very difficult.
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I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.
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As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.
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I think sometimes if you are too interested in day-to-day politics, you lose sight of the long term.
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I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
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Cynicism is humor in ill health.
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Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
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When people are like, 'What do you think of this vampire craze?' - well, I don't really feel like it ever ended, personally, 'cause I've always been into them, like 'Underworld.'
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I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
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Some artists get so comfortable now after even one or two albums and think, 'I'm the biggest artist in the world,' but it's like, yeah, you are for now, but you've gotta work so that you're remembered further, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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I've been thinking about Jesus. Don't you find it a bit strange that, since He was living with His family and all, He up and left them just when they needed him most?
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I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
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I love singing and would love to record an album at some point.
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This country is pretty amazing.
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I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
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If you're setting up lights and tripods, and you've got three assistants running around, people will want to get you out as fast as they can. But if you go the opposite way, if you make the camera the least important thing in the room, then it's different.
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I am a Brazilian before I am an architect. I cannot separate the two.
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I never felt bad about being lumped in with other Seattle bands. I thought it was great.
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States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.
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I love summer, but my legs are so pale I can never wear shorts or a bikini.
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It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
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The time has come for writers to become inaccessible again. The reason is not some kind of 'mystique' that makes people curious (though it helps), but the fact that no real writers ever lay down anything real in public-they work in solitude, they think hard, and their thoughts are rarely nice or 'friendly.'
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Off the bat, I played bad. But I didn't let that get to me. I just kept scrambling.
