Chris Martin Quotes
I don't think you have to struggle to make good art. I think you have to be passionate to make good art. You have to believe in what you're doing. It just comes from when you lie awake at night.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Whatever your political affiliation may be, whether you are a conservative or liberal, we should all be bound by the belief that we need to support the troops.
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It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me.
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It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.
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And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.
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'Mean' is a song I wrote about somebody who wrote things that were so mean so many times that it would ruin my day. Then it would ruin the next day. And it would level me so many times, I just felt like I was being hit in the face every time this person would take to their computer.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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I like to relate to my kids as they are. I enjoy spending that time with them. I see that my girls are so completely different and different from me, too.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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I played softball for a few years growing up. Both my brothers played baseball.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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Problems will disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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You don't choose a party because it's the flavour of the month. I feel I will be able to work under a political system. I feel if people like me don't enter politics to bring change, who will?
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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We should not have a tin cup out for something as important as the arts in this country, the richest in the world. Creative artists are always begging, but always being used when it's time to show us at our best.
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Female empowerment is always something that I've felt. It's not about just being a model; it's about women in general.
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When I graduated from high school, the teacher said I was throwing my life away following music, and the same teacher invited me back to speak at the school. I don't say that to brag, I just want to be an example.
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Political civility is not about being polite to each other. It's about reclaiming the power of 'We the People' to come together, debate the common good and call American democracy back to its highest values amid our differences.
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I don't think you have to struggle to make good art. I think you have to be passionate to make good art. You have to believe in what you're doing. It just comes from when you lie awake at night.
