Ryan Tedder Quotes
Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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It is all very well and it sounds very seductive to say we are going to have harmonisation of regulations, but for example the way that funds are distributed around the states these days, you are positively penalised if you actually want to have say a lower payroll tax or sort of conditions.
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I have lived by one crucial principle since I was 24 years old. I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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I'm tired of the speculation about my personal life.
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I'm a normal girl. I don't go out much, and I don't know what is enjoyment.
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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I think people should know more of Africa in terms of its joie de vivre, its feeling for life. In spite of the images that one knows about Africa - the economic poverty, the corruption - there's a joy to living and a happiness in community, living together, in community life, which may be missing here in America.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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I think the key to a great romcom is to not fight against the genre. The trend more recently has been to apologise or be snarky, so it's an anti-romcom. Just lean in and embrace the fact it's a love story, and it's funny, and it's light. It can still be uber-smart and deal with zeitgeist issues.
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We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us.
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I always love to push myself, because I am not so self-confident.
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I feel like, growing up, I watched football, obviously, and you see great players, and as a fan, you want to watch the best you can possibly watch, and you want to see what's capable of being made.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn't. Social attitudes don't change in a straight line. There's always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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I was very shy when I was younger. But I did have a terrible temperament. I would get angry very quickly, but the rest of the time I was this big goofball, playing the drums in a band and making out with girls.
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I was neeeever a cool kid.
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I saw him show up a few times, I'll say that. He has a way of doing that.
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Believe in yourself. You are enough.
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Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music.
