Idols Quotes - Page 14

• I was terrified of graduating college and not knowing what I was going to do. I saw the auditions for Idol and thought, Why not? I always liked to sing. You know when they asked, "Are you the next American Idol?" I said yes, but I didn't mean it.

  Carrie Underwood

  Mean, College, Knowing

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I went to visit Frank Capra, one of my idols, and did a kind of Judd Apatow interview with him. I said, "I'd like the Statue of Liberty to disappear, but I want to do it as a lesson in freedom, how valuable freedom is and what the world would be like without liberty." And Frank Capra looked at me and said, "David, I love your idea, but here's what you're going to do. You're going to try and it's not going to work; it's not going to disappear." And I said, "Mr. Capra, I can't do that."

  David Copperfield

  Love You, Ideas, Trying

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I have never heard of anyone who was a "model person" in all aspects of his or her life, intellectual life or other aspects; nor do I see why anyone should care. We are not engaged in idol worship, after all.

  Noam Chomsky

  Intellectual, Care, Idol Worship

  Source: www.publicanthropology.org

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• Fellini was [David] Lynch's master and his biggest idol, and he believed in Fellini's view that film is a dream, it's not reality. It's all about delving into the unconscious.

  Paul Dalio

  Dream, Reality, Views

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• You know what? I knew that my God was bigger than his [about Muslims in Somalia]. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.

  William G. Boykin

  Real, Somalia, Bigger

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• “I Don’t Want to Miss A Thing” is a hard song to perform, I was worried that I was not going to reach that significant note that is at the end of the song. Thank god, Steven loved it! He was the nicest and friendliest judge that I have met. He also invited me to chat with him whether I had free time on the Idol set.

  Jessica Sanchez

  Song, Laughing, Judging

  "A Conversation with Jessica Sanchez". Interview with Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com. January 19, 2016.

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• When you are in the American Idol bubble, a lot of contestants want to go as far as they can and wish to be on point with ready-to-go songs.

  Jessica Sanchez

  Song, Wish, Want

  "A Conversation with Jessica Sanchez". Interview with Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com. January 19, 2016.

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• Even though it was a stressful time in my life, I have a lot of good memories from my Idol experience.

  Jessica Sanchez

  Memories, Stressful, Good Memories

  "A Conversation with Jessica Sanchez". Interview with Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com. January 19, 2016.

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• I was 16-years-old when I appeared on 'American Idol,' and the show was my boot camp. It was a crazy, stressful at times, experience.

  Jessica Sanchez

  Crazy, Years, Boots

  Interview with Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com. January 19, 2016.

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• I got to work with [Carlos] Santana, who's been my idol forever. When I was 18, I got up with him in Australia and jammed with him. That was an amazing moment because I got up in front of my hometown crowd.

  Orianthi

  Australia, Forever, Crowds

  Source: www.seventeen.com

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• I also think one of the things that's really hurting us is political activism of any stripe. Michael Jordan had it exactly right, he was my idol - when he was asked about a political question at one point and he said I'm not going to answer it, and they said why not, and he said: Because Republicans buy gym shoes too, right? That doesn't exist anymore, that kind of smarts.

  Edward Allen Bernero

  Hurt, Smart, Thinking

  Source: deadline.com

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• I think it's really hard to say now what makes a show kind of sink or swim, and what creates longevity. For instance, I think that Survivor is a very well produced show. It's very simple, it's very elemental, and I think it gets into big issues. I think American Idol has been an amazing show for many, many seasons.

  Dan Cutforth

  Simple, Thinking, Issues

  "Reality Check: Dan Cutforth On What Keeps ‘Top Chef’ Sharp, Cutting Through The Clutter & What’s Next". Interview with Dominic Patten, deadline.com. June 16, 2014.

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• DBSK are a very idol group that everyone adores.

  Seungri

  Groups, Adore

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• Some people choose to go on 'American Idol' or another singing contest, and some people choose to beat down barrooms before anyone even knows who they are, in order to get a fan base, so when they do get a record deal, they have that to put in front of a label.

  Jake Owen

  Order, People, Singing

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• You know, something like 90 people who have now filed to run for governor in this recall election. They say there could be as many as 200 people on the ballot. You know, it's really easy to run here in California. All you need is like a couple of signatures, not many, thirty-five hundred bucks, you're on the ballot, like that. I mean, what does it say about California? We have stricter requirements to get on 'American Idol' than we do to run for governor.

  Jay Leno

  Running, Couple, Mean

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• Being an Olympic Medalist was a team effort. So I am honored to be a part of CBS Sports' WE NEED TO TALK cast of iconic women. Being part of a show with some of my broadcasting and sports idols is an honor.

  Dara Torres

  Sports, Team, Effort

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• There is something that governments care for more than human life, and that is the security of property, and so it is through property that we shall strike the enemy.... Those of you who can break windows--break them. Those of you who can still further attack the secret idol of property, so as to make the Government realize that property is as greatly endangered by women's suffrage as it was by the Chartists of old--do so. And my last word is to the Government: I incite this meeting to rebellion!

  Emmeline Pankhurst

  Government, Secret, Enemy

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• One is proud to worship when he cannot be an idol.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Proud, Worship

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• My idol when I was growing up was Michael Jordan the basketball player because of his work ethic rather than his talent and because of what he went through to be as good as he was.

  Justin Timberlake

  Basketball, Growing Up, Player

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Women aren't interested in being sexy any more and men are. All the guys have objectified themselves and sexualised themselves into being just matinee idols.

  Ryan Gosling

  Sexy, Men, Guy

  "Lars & The Real Girl - Ryan Gosling interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Christian morality (so called) has all the characters of a reaction.... In its horror of sensuality, it made an idol of asceticism, which has been gradually compromised away into one of legality. It holds out the hope of heaven and the threat of hell, as the appointed and appropriate motives to a virtuous life - in this falling far below the best of the ancients, and doing what lies in it to give to human morality an essentially selfish character.... It is essentially a doctrine of passive obedience; it inculcates submission to all authorities found established.

  John Stuart Mill

  Christian, Lying, Selfish

  John Stuart Mill (1950). “Utilitarianism, liberty, and representative government”

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• Man is a being born to believe. And if no church comes forward with its title-deeds of truth to guide him, he will find altars and idols in his own heart and his own imagination.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Art, Truth, Honesty

  Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1865). ““Church and Queen.” Five speeches delivered by the Rt. Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., 1860-1864. Edited, with a preface, by a member of the University of Oxford [i.e. the Hon. Frederick Lygon, afterwards Earl Beauchamp].”, p.72

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• Lots of women tell me I'm their idol.

  Jenna Jameson

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• The loving and much loved wife is satisfied with the love of her husband; his smile is her joy, she cares little for any other. So, if you have come to Christ, thy Maker is thine husband - His free love to you is all you need, and all you can care for - there is no cloud between you and God - there is no veil between you and the Father; you have access to Him who is the fountain of happiness - what have you to do any more with idols? Oh! If your heart swims in the rays of God's love, like a little mote swimming in the sunbeam, you will have no room in your heart for idols.

  Robert E. Murray

  Husband, Father, Heart

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• If you love anything better than God you are idolaters: if there is anything you would not give up for God it is your idol: if there is anything that you seek with greater fervor than you seek the glory of God, that is your idol, and conversion means a turning from every idol.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Giving Up, Mean, Glory

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