Brent Smith Quotes

I screwed up at a young age with my parents. They were very religious and they didn't really understand music. They didn't really listen to music. I went through a series of battles with them about why I loved music.

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• Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.

  

  Daniel Barenboim
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• I don't get manicures, pedicures. I don't get my hair done as often as I should.

  

  Natalie Massenet
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• In general, I think the world is a good place if you work hard, believe in yourself, have good intentions, and if you are kind to people, I believe that good things happen to you.

  

  Rachel Platten
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• I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.

  

  Dan Fogler
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• I'm very much a hypochondriac, worried about dying, and not having enough time to work with the people I want to work with and being fulfilled as an actor.

  

  Xavier Dolan
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• I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • Good
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• Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.

  

  Gary Cherone Van Halen
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• When you live in L.A., it is easy to stay fit, as the weather is amazing.

  

  Malin Akerman
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  • Amazing
  • Weather

• I play as I feel.

  

  Oscar Peterson
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  • Feel
  • I Feel

• As prime minister, I changed Israel's position on peace negotiations. I made it clear that we are ready to go along with Resolution 242 of the U.N. Security Council, which specifies withdrawal to secure and recognized boundaries in the context of peace.

  

  Yitzhak Rabin
  • Peace
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• To me, being in your prime means playing your best and feeling your best, too.

  

  Warren Moon
  • Feeling
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  • Being

• In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.

  

  Pat Robertson
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• Wuxia is a fantasy world exists in everyone's mind.

  

  Zhang Yimou
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• For me to be as effective as possible, I intend to sharpen those skills I need to successfully lead an organization that is growing in size and complexity with each passing year.

  

  Pamela Nicholson
  • Growing
  • Me
  • Organization

• There are people who, if they see something in couture that they perceive as ready-to-wear, they're in shock.

  

  Raf Simons
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• I've worked out for years. For a long time, it was my only sense of gratification.

  

  Vin Diesel
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  • Long
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• When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.

  

  LaToya Jackson
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• I do Taekwondo and sometimes I paint.

  

  Mackenzie Foy
  • Sometimes
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• Everything that people lob at you who don't know you, it all hurts. When you're doing something as simple as making music, which really, theoretically, shouldn't hurt anyone - I mean, it's a song! Step back for five seconds and laugh.

  

  Liz Phair
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  • Music
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• It was my first big relationship and it was just very abusive. I wouldn't give him the credit of naming him, if he ever reads this. But he was older, in the music business - or so he said.

  

  Lisa Snowdon
  • Music
  • Business
  • Relationship

• You're playing for yourself. And if you're not playing for yourself, you're an entertainer, doing it for the crowd.

  

  Butch Trucks

• The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.

  

  Omar Bongo
  • Birth
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  • African

• We're going to be human, and we are going to make mistakes, but you really should understand the power that you have and embrace it in a positive way.

  

  Drake Bell
  • Power
  • Positive

• I screwed up at a young age with my parents. They were very religious and they didn't really understand music. They didn't really listen to music. I went through a series of battles with them about why I loved music.

  

  Brent Smith Shinedown
  • Music
  • Parents
  • Battles