Idols Quotes - Page 21

• A lot of people who wanted to audition for Idol have asked me: “What should I do?” or “How to I prepare myself?” I always told them: “Just go in and believe in yourself.”

  Jessica Sanchez

  Believe, People, Auditions

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

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• I want to let my fans know that I will not hold myself back anymore. Everybody knows me as "15-Year-Old Little Jessica who was on 'American Idol' and who is this sweet, quiet girl." I am very soft-spoken, but I have gone through numerous experiences, and I want to speak out and tell people what has been going on in my life.

  Jessica Sanchez

  Girl, Sweet, Speaks Out

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• I'm proud of everything I achieved with 'Idol,' and away from 'Idol' also. It's just such a different show now to what it was when I was on it. I didn't even know it was a TV show until the third audition.

  Kelly Clarkson

  Tv Shows, Proud, Auditions

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• I've been watching 'American Idol' since its debut season in 2002. Back then, America hadn't yet evolved into a gladiatorial cybernation of bloggers, tweeters, and self-ordained voice coaches.

  Diablo Cody

  Self, Voice, America

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• I have a big fear of change, or negative change, anyway. I'm basically the same person I was when I won 'Idol,' or when I was 10.

  Kelly Clarkson

  Negative, Fear Of Change, Bigs

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• The whole 'American Idol' way of looking at things is the antithesis of what I grew up with. There are a whole lot of kids wanting to be famous now, whereas if I'd even mentioned that word to one of my teachers, I would have got into a whole load of trouble.

  Harry Connick, Jr.

  Teacher, Kids, Way

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• I don't have a problem with 'Idol' or 'X Factor,' I have a problem with when those things are not given the proper contextual hue.

  Billy Corgan

  Hue, Problem, Given

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• I turned down many chances to be on TV before 'Pop Idol' because I really wasn't interested in being famous. I didn't need it and didn't want it.

  Simon Cowell

  Needs, Want, Tvs

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• I had been taking various lessons. I've also had a lot of incredible singers give me a ton of great advice. From Cyndi Lauper, who kind of taught me the basics, and I've also worked with Bird. She's a tremendous coach and she often coaches the contestants on 'American Idol.' I've had a great amount of support.

  Margaret Cho

  Giving, Support, Bird

  "Sing out, sister". Interview with Gregg Shapiro, dc.gopride.com. 2016.

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• I've never bought a Dylan record. A singing poet? It just bores me to tears. I've got to tell you, if I had 10 Dylans in the final of 'American Idol,' we would not be getting 30 million viewers a week. I don't believe the Bob Dylans of this world would make 'American Idol 'a better show.

  Simon Cowell

  Believe, Singing, Tears

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• I was very honored to get to be part of 'American Idol.'

  Dolly Parton

  Honored, American Idol

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• Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods.

  Dolly Parton

  Religious, People, Looks

  Dolly Parton, Randy Schmidt (2017). “Not Dumb, Not Blonde: Dolly In Conversation”, p.203, Omnibus Press

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• These parents, they think I'm a role model for their kids, that their kids look at me as some sort of idol. But it's the parents' job to make sure their kids don't turn out that shallow.

  Britney Spears

  Jobs, Kids, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• ...One individual is his or her own best teacher, and no other idol or false image should be worshiped or adored because the God we are all seeking lies inside oneself, not outside.

  Shirley MacLaine

  Teacher, Lying, Individual

  Shirley MacLaine (1987). “It's all in the playing”, Bantam

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• It would be easy to show that at our present rate of progress the kingdoms of this world never could become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ. Indeed, many in the Church are giving up the idea of it except on the occasion of the advent of Christ, which, as it chimes in with our own idleness, is likely to be a popular doctrine. I myself believe that King Jesus will reign, and the idols be utterly abolished. . . . The Holy Ghost would never suffer the imputation to rest upon His holy name that He was not able to convert the world.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Jesus, Kings, Giving Up

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• A country without idols is nothing.

  Roberto Clemente

  Country

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• The local painters were my idols...These artists, too, were grown-ups, but they were grown-ups who could still see! Their eye was still in love! Like mine!

  Frederick Franck

  Eye, Artist, Still In Love

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• If you have to run away from something that used to be an idol, you're actually still enslaved by it. It's still controlling you.

  Timothy Keller

  Running, Used, Stills

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• The gospel has supernatural versatility to address the particular hopes, fears, and idols of every culture and every person.

  Timothy Keller

  Culture, Addresses, Persons

  Timothy Keller (2016). “Shaped by the Gospel: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City”, p.38, Harper Collins

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• A loving God who has no wrath is no God. He is an idol of our own making as much as if we carved Him out of stone.

  R. C. Sproul

  Wrath, Stones, Loving God

  R. C. Sproul (2010). “Classic Teachings on the Nature of God”, p.128, Hendrickson Publishers

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• We do not fear the loss of God's favor, for either we have it not. We cannot lose it. What we fear is the loss of our idols.

  R. C. Sproul, Jr.

  Loss, Favors, Do Not Fear

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• Power, approval, comfort, and control are meta-idols that hold sway over our daily lives.

  Timothy Keller

  Comfort, Approval, Daily Life

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• If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.

  Timothy Keller

  Identity, Meaning Of Life, Fundamentals

  Timothy Keller (2009). “Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters”, p.12, Penguin

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• Consider, it is impossible that your idol sins and you can go to heaven together; and that those who will not part with these do not indeed love Christ at the bottom, but only in word and show, which will not do the business.

  Samuel Rutherford

  Heaven, Together, Impossible

  Samuel Rutherford (1845). “Religious Letters”, p.138

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• An idol is something that we look to for things that only God can give. Idolatry functions widely inside religious communities when doctrinal truth is elevated to the position of a false god. This occurs when people rely on the rightness of their doctrine for their standing with God rather than on God himself and his grace. It is a subtly but deadly mistake. The sign that you have slipped into this form of self-justification is that you become what the book of Proverbs calls a 'scoffer'.

  Timothy Keller

  Religious, Mistake, Book

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