Cory Monteith Quotes
I'm pretty focused on my career, and if it comes down to hanging out with somebody or learning my lines, it's gonna be learning my lines.
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I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor did I accomplish much after I started. I doubt if I had gone to school six months in all when my father died. I was fourteen at the time.
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So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.
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I've been traveling all over the world for 25 years, performing, talking to people, studying their cultures and musical instruments, and I always come away with more questions in my head than can be answered.
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On my teams, as a guy who grew up hunting and fishing, I was in the minority in terms of music and lifestyle. I became good friends with people who listened to R&B and rap. But it wasn't just an issue of being around it - I was naturally drawn to it right off the bat.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.
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When I was 20, I thought anyone in the music business over 25 is past it. Then at 30, you think anyone still doing it at 35 is ridiculous. Suddenly, you find yourself at 48 and still doing it, so I don't know what to say, really.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.
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I found that if I don't paint for around a week, I get practically suicidal. It took a long time to figure out why I had these mood swings, and I finally figured out it's because I haven't painted.
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When a town doesn't have a book store, it is like something is missing, and unfortunately, fewer and fewer have them.
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Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire.
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I love how, when you're a teenager, you're really opinionated, you're really right, you can't be wrong, and you don't know any better.
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It's an endless proving of myself, that I really am a musician, that I have something to offer in the room. That women can be musicians, women can be rock stars, women can be more than an objectified idea of a pop star.
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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I want to see as many movies as I can and I covet a lot of weird influential movies.
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Our people have proven their desire for continuing with reforms. We complete the march today with those who have an honest patriotic desire for more progress and reform.
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The idea that somebody else is going to swoop down and play the fairy godmother role is pretty unlikely, so why not take care of yourself?
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War is hell. Hollywood fantasizes about it and makes it look good... war sucks.
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George Lindsay who played Goober thought Andy Griffith Show limited his career.
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Total intimacy is a myth; that said, a particular kind of loneliness can be both beautiful and fruitful.
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All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.
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I'm pretty focused on my career, and if it comes down to hanging out with somebody or learning my lines, it's gonna be learning my lines.
