Scott Stapp Quotes

The Christian community latched onto a lot of my music, because there were a lot of things about my struggle they related to. But I didn't really want to come out and be identified as a Christian, because I didn't want to be a hypocrite, because my life wasn't right.

Scott Stapp

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• My wife asked me if I ever thought I would ever retire from stand-up. And I thought about it, and I was like, 'No, because it's my job; it's what I do, and I enjoy it.' It's still the most challenging thing for me to do.

  

  Wanda Sykes
  • Up
  • Job
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• I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.

  

  Magic Johnson
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• I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.

  

  Rachel Cusk
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• I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research.

  

  Aaron Eckhart
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• I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.

  

  Samuel Goldwyn
  • Morning
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• OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it.

  

  Nat Friedman
  • Simple
  • Sweet
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• Children, old crones, peasants, and dogs ramble; cats and philosophers stick to their point.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Children
  • Old
  • Cats

• I think a great starting point for a debate and discussion over a national consumption tax is, let's start with the Fair Tax, legislation that has been written up and, I think, signed up on by 80 congressmen and women.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Up
  • Great
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• Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.

  

  Flo Rida
  • Music
  • Way
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• Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

  

  Dag Hammarskjold
  • Experience
  • Peace
  • Quiet

• Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God.

  

  Kailash Satyarthi
  • Time
  • God
  • Free

• Overwhelmed by the miraculous potentialities of the machine, our human greed has interfered with the biological cycle of human companionship which keeps the life of a community healthy.

  

  Walter Gropius
  • Life
  • Community
  • Greed

• I'm not a huge soccer fan, but I follow the sport. I played in high school, a little bit in college, played on various club teams most of my life, and all three of my sons are competitive soccer players and far better than I ever was.

  

  Hampton Sides
  • Life
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• I hope I did it the way my peers did it before me. I didn't do anything but try to play hard.

  

  Karl Malone
  • Hope
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• Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.

  

  Samuel Goldwyn
  • Money
  • Words
  • Change

• I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.

  

  Namie Amuro
  • Never
  • Chance
  • Wanted

• I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.

  

  Mae West
  • Words
  • Action
  • Woman

• Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

  

  Octavio Paz
  • For Him
  • Succeed
  • Love Is

• When women get together as a group, it is immensely powerful.

  

  Annie Lennox Eurythmics
  • Women
  • Together
  • Powerful

• The British Museum was our first real museum, the property of the public rather than the monarch or the church.

  

  Kate Williams
  • Real
  • Church
  • British

• I love the early films of Al Pacino - 'Scarface,' 'Serpico' - and I love many science-fiction films.

  

  Ornella Muti
  • Science
  • Fiction
  • Films

• I think it's a mistake for the American public to constantly be told that if you work for an oil company or you work for a bank, that automatically makes you bad. I think a lot of these people are very qualified people who are patriots. They're going to want to help the country.

  

  Jamie Dimon
  • People
  • Work
  • Country

• I don't feel that as human beings we have an obligation to dislike someone based on their beliefs, and it's OK to have a human reaction to someone even if you feel what they do is hideous and objectionable. You can still enjoy their company and find them interesting to be around.

  

  Louis Theroux
  • Interesting

• The Christian community latched onto a lot of my music, because there were a lot of things about my struggle they related to. But I didn't really want to come out and be identified as a Christian, because I didn't want to be a hypocrite, because my life wasn't right.

  

  Scott Stapp
  • Life
  • Music
  • Community