Up Quotes
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You can't be scared. You do your thing, you hold your ground, you stand up tall, and whatever happens, happens.
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I would never be into splitting up. I don't think we should ever break up, I really don't. I think we should allow each person to do things individually - go off and have a baby, lie on the beach, whatever - but still remain Girls Aloud.
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A woman is gentle, soft, delicate, and a man's position is to protect her, help her up stairs, make sure she's in the car safely first. Take good care of your woman, and the sky's the limit!
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In my experience, growing up in Brooklyn and all that, the real tough guys didn't act tough. They didn't talk tough. They were tough, you know? I think about these politicians who try to pose as tough guys - it makes me laugh.
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A song sometimes ends up with its own internal logic.
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My high school didn't have a football team; we just had like a surf team, because I grew up in Encinitas, California, which is the ultimate place where everyone skated or surfed, so it was a very different culture. It was, like, cool to be the art kid.
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An audience can really lift you right up off the stage.
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I've wanted to be a writer since I was seven, but I didn't grow up in family where people aspired to live as writers.
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I have a real problem giving up that kind of control. You know, my mother helps me.
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I think in high school and college, you don't really know what your routine is going to be; you're still trying to come up with it.
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I'm a big believer in 'pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start again.'
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Art is the only thing that can save me from my opinions about the world. I tend to get very worked up about what I see going on, and I feel, you know, impotent to make the kind of changes and the kind of difference that I would like to make.
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I used to do films for money earlier. I never knew what perception meant. I didn't give too much attention to scripts. It was either to buy a house or to buy a car. There was a certain frivolity to the way I used to pick up things. I wasn't taking my career seriously.
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How do you open up? I didn't know how to.
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I grew up with reggae music.
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I think in the future we might see things arrive the way Prince announces a concert where a few days before the show he announces it and tickets just go up. You might see that with movies and other things.
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The first time I went on stage as an adult was touring with the Johnny Cash Show. I'd sang as a child. But my grown-up initiation was as part of that band.
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My knee has always given me problems. But it got to the point where I actually had to start giving up things. And I hate that.
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A lot of the tabloid stories are written so well, they're very clever and very funny. But you have to focus on what's really important and not read them - don't dive into it and don't get caught up in it.
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Whether you're shuffling a deck of cards or holding your breath, magic is pretty simple: It comes down to training, practice, and experimentation, followed up by ridiculous pursuit and relentless perseverance.
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Growing up, I always liked Catwoman and Superman; they inspired me.
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Working with Sylvester Stallone is beyond a 'pinch yourself' moment. I remember growing up watching his films.
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It's a huge step up from the European Indoors to then being a gold medallist at the World Championships.
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The earth makes a sound as of sighs and the last drops fall from the emptied cloudless sky. A small boy, stretching out his hands and looking up at the blue sky, asked his mother how such a thing was possible. Fuck off, she said.
