Brandi Carlile Quotes

My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton John and Freddie Mercury.

Brandi Carlile

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You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' to talk about love.

Jet Li

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In football, I learned about trust, handling failure, embracing discomfort, and rejection, which has helped with the auditions.

John David Washington

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Your job as a superstar is to manipulate the audience and try to tell your story. I like the dynamic of the audience.

John Cena

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I'm an avid Boston Red Sox fan.

John Lithgow

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I love 'Rambo.'

Tony Bellew

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I've always had the wish, the need, and the obsession to become a public poet.

Tony Harrison

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We had Taiwan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Oman open their markets to our beef, and we're excited about that.

Mike Johanns

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I just noticed recently that in one book after another I seem to find an excuse to find some character who, to put it idiotically simply, is allowed to talk crazy.

Jonathan Lethem

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Solomon Northup is one of the most remarkable people I've ever encountered in my life; one of the most amazing stories I have ever been in any kind of contact with. To not tell that story would have been disgraceful, in my opinion.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

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With my own material, I like maintaining lyric integrity. I like having sophisticated lyrics, and maybe that's not down-the-middle Top 40 pop, but it reflects my style, my life, the way I speak, and the way I tell what's happening with my life emotionally, so in that way, it's authentic to me.

Chelsea Lankes

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One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself.

Claude M. Bristol

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My first 'SNL' episode was with Michael Phelps and Lil Wayne. And if you go back and watch the monologue - it was supposed to feature Barack Obama, but we couldn't get him - it was with William Shatner. But if you watch it, Guy Fieri is sitting in the front row.

Bobby Moynihan

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