Danny Gokey Quotes
One thing I didn't want to believe in is that I couldn't have a family and do music at the same time.
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision.
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Iggy Pop has a voice that's somehow simultaneously self-mocking, wild, precise, amused, righteous, cool, contained and bold. I don't know how he does what he does.
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It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.
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A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
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The world that you and I live in is increasingly challenged. Population growth, pollution, over-consumption, unsustainable patterns, social conflict, climate change, loss of nature... these are not good stories.
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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I think the market should reward banks that have been transparent in recognising their problems. I think the tendency of banks to hide the problem assets over a period of three or four years should not be allowed.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I'll admit it: I'm a control freak. I am. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110% or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves.
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We don't take anything when we pass away, and we need to do with the sense of responsibility.
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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.
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I think when I first straightened my hair, I was a teenager. I don't believe that I was consciously doing it to look white or to be on television. It never crossed my mind. All of the girls in my neighborhood got perms and their hair straightened. But I know that historically it was to assimilate and there are some people who do it for that reason.
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No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do.
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What I love is getting polarized opinions.
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I think that Benjamin Franklin felt very strongly in foreign policy in this world, that you needed to at least show some humility, especially when you were strong.
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Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it.
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This season I've been on more of a plant-based diet, getting away from all the animals and all that. I had to get away from that. So my energy is up, my body feels amazing. Just understanding what the diet is like for me and what’s beneficial for me for having the highest energy out here and being able to sustain it at a very high level.
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I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
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One thing I didn't want to believe in is that I couldn't have a family and do music at the same time.
