Elle King (Tanner Elle Schneider) Quotes
I was 18, at art school, and saw this cute boy playing banjo. I was obsessed. I taught myself how to play. I listened to a lot of country and just messed around. The second song I wrote on the banjo was 'Good to Be a Man.' That what's got me signed.
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Politics is the art of the next best.
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
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Hell, I ain't paid to make good lines sound good. I'm paid to make bad lines sound good.
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Art is always an exaggeration in some sense; in color, in form, even in theme, etc... but it has always been this way. It is the same with the nature of some works by Giotto or Massacio, or the color of life as expressed by Van Gogh.
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There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate.
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My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professional for 12 years. We're from a big family of boxers. My father has seven brothers.
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I was definitely very much a country boy.
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My favorite book in life is 'A Wrinkle In Time,' which I read before high school. It was my first introduction into the meeting of science and spirit and the universe and big thoughts and all of those interesting New Age-y concepts. It made everything make sense to me and opened up my mind.
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For me, there are no my people and strangers, no bad people and good people. All people are equal for me.
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In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.
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If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
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If you ask any great player or great quarterback, there's a certain inner confidence that you're as good as anybody. But you can't say who is the absolute best. To be considered is special in itself.
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Any quality player can adjust well to the different demands. It is like a good tennis player who is expected to adjust to the clay at the French Open, the grass at Wimbledon, the hard courts of the U.S. and the heat of the Australian Open. A professional is expected to do all that.
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I'm a school dropout. So, at the age of 16, I moved to Mumbai to try my luck on some business.
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Shoot, there's a committee to tell you everything at a record label. You definitely have to know who you are if you want to look like you at the end of the process. We've all seen people get record contracts, and by the time they're spit out by the machine, we don't even recognize them.
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We need clarification regarding the death penalty. It's different in many states... It's a bit different throughout the country, so I look forward to Judge Gorsuch being on the court, Justice Gorsuch being on the court, and bringing some clarification to those issues.
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I'm not someone who went to acting school - I was just out of the gate, doing it.
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Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.
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In high school, I was so painfully self-aware that how I thought of myself was probably very different from what other people thought of me. I thought of myself as just painfully awkward and dorky. I had a lot of hair and was kind of weird. I sang a lot in the hallways.
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I take as much time as I need. I want to be fresh and smelling good.
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I love seeing lingerie on the runway, but I personally think it's best to save it for the bedroom!
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Most people don't have so much talent that they can become a success all their own. We all need people to help us and lift us up.
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The process of living seems to consist in coming to realize truths so ancient and simple that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes.
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I was 18, at art school, and saw this cute boy playing banjo. I was obsessed. I taught myself how to play. I listened to a lot of country and just messed around. The second song I wrote on the banjo was 'Good to Be a Man.' That what's got me signed.
