Idols Quotes - Page 24

• An absolute and unlimited right over any object of property would be the right to commit nearly every crime.If Ihad sucha right over thestick Iamaboutto cut, I might employ it as a mace to knock down the passengers, or I might convert it into a sceptre as an emblem of royalty, or into an idol to offend the national religion.

  Jeremy Bentham

  Cutting, Would Be, Might

  Principles of the Civil Code, pt.1, ch.13, final note. Collected in John Bowring (ed) Works (1838-43), vol.1.

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• The confidence and faith of the heart alone make both God and an idol. If your faith and trust be right, then is your god also true; and, on the other hand, if your trust be false and wrong, then you have not the true God; for these two belong together faith and God. That now, I say, upon which you set your heart and put your trust is properly your god.

  Martin Luther

  Heart, Hands, Two

  Martin Luther (2012). “The Large Cathechism of Martin Luther”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

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• How many watched the President's speech last night? [half-hearted audience applause] How many watched American Idol ? [thundering applause] Okay, there you go! You get the government you deserve.

  Jay Leno

  Night, Government, President

  "The Tonight Show", February 1, 2006.

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• Throughout Finnegans Wake Joyce specifies the Tower of Babel as the tower of Sleep, that is, the tower of the witless assumption, or what Bacon calls the reign of the Idols.

  Marshall McLuhan

  Sleep, Tower Of Babel, Towers

  Marshall McLuhan, W. Terrence Gordon, Elena Lamberti, Dominique Scheffel-Dunand (2011). “The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man”, p.208, University of Toronto Press

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• The universe has no sides, no end, can't be mapped. Enough to make a man talk about God, make a man superstitious and worship an idol. The science never gets as far as the strangeness.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Men, Sides, Worship

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• Fame is a bee It has a song - It has a sting - Ah, too, it has a wing.

  Emily Dickinson

  Song, Wings, Bees

  Emily Dickinson, Ralph William Franklin (1999). “The Poems of Emily Dickinson”, p.635, Harvard University Press

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• Muhammad was a prince; he rallied his compatriots around him. In a few years, the Muslims conquered half of the world. They plucked more souls from false gods, knocked down more idols, razed more pagan temples in fifteen years than the followers of Moses and Jesus did in fifteen centuries. Muhammad was a great man. He would indeed have been a god, if the revolution that he had performed had not been prepared by the circumstances.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Jesus, Army, Men

  "Campagnes d'Egypte et Syrie", Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, (p. 275), translated by John Tolan in "European Accounts of Muhammad's Life", 1998.

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• When I first found out that I was an Idol finalist, I cried tears of happiness. I was just so happy, and my family was there and the fact that got to see that moment and share that moment with me was just everything to me.

  Pia Toscano

  Tears, Firsts, Facts

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• I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.

  Katey Sagal

  Fun, Heart, Kids

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• I'm also a big American Idol fan. I think it's just great fun.

  Jim Parsons

  Fun, Thinking, Fans

  Interview with Noel Murray, tv.avclub.com. May 1, 2009.

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• Just the title of 'American Idol' is something that people can look up to. I'm not Saint Scott, I'm not Mr. Perfect, but I want to be that role model.

  Scotty McCreery

  People, Role Models, Perfect

  "Scotty McCreery Talks Fans, Faith & Post-'Idol' Fame". Interview with Beville Dunkerley, theboot.com. June 15, 2011.

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• I've told many people that I'm not looking to go out there and find the most beautiful girl in the world who likes me because I'm 'Mr. American Idol Scott McCreery.' If I could just find a nice hometown girl who just likes me for who I am, that's all I want.

  Scotty McCreery

  Beautiful, Girl, Nice

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• I don't want to be the cliche American Idol dude. I want to be different, you know - that's the whole goal, me and music. It's about being yourself and being unique.

  Paul McDonald

  Being Yourself, Unique, Goal

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• My idol growing up was Charlie Chaplin. I was obsessed with him. I mean, while other kids were watching Jim Carrey and the likes in the '90s, I was watching Charlie Chaplin films, because I was a bit of a geek. I became obsessed with this idea of physical comedy.

  Josh Gad

  Growing Up, Mean, Kids

  Interview with Christina Couch, www.avclub.com. March 23, 2011.

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• I'm a huge fan of Billy Idol. I spiked my hair every day like him in 7th and 8th grade.

  Dierks Bentley

  Hair, Fans, Bentley

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• When I was a little boy, Marvin Hagler was my idol. He got no respect for most of his career. His fighting style was straight ahead. He took every shot thrown at him, and he kept punching back 'til he won. I honestly feel that's how I am. I take big shots from people. But I keep going.

  James Frey

  Fighting, Boys, Careers

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• My favorite type of music to sing and to listen to, you know, rock. It's not always metal, but you know, half the time it is. Metal's cool, you know? Not everybody on 'American Idol' listens to metal.

  James Durbin

  Rocks, Half, My Favorite

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• I was always in bands before, but on 'American Idol,' it was about getting my voice out there. It was always my goal, though, to get a band together again.

  Chris Daughtry

  Together Again, Voice, Goal

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• When reality television really hit, I just had a backlash towards reality. It seemed like a cheap way to make a product. And then when music reality and 'Idol hit,' I just didn't watch it, it seemed novelty. And of course the story of 'Idol,' this is one of the greatest stories in television history.

  Carson Daly

  Reality, Watches, Stories

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• I would lose straight away if I went on 'American Idol.

  Tom DeLonge

  American Idol, Ifs, Loses

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• I will always appreciate 'American Idol,' and I never forget about where I come from.

  Lee DeWyze

  Appreciate, Never Forget, American Idol

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• Just because you're a star on television doesn't mean that you can be a music phenomenon or an artist. You have to have the material to back it, and it's all about hit songs. I can name you every "Idol" winner and why they didn't go on to have success - their songs. The ones who have - their songs.

  Kara DioGuardi

  Song, Stars, Mean

  "DIVA TALK: Chatting with Chicago Star Kara DioGuardi". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. September 16, 2011.

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• Yeah... I was a singer as a kid. I had a lot of stage fright, and what's happened with "Idol," it has got me past so much of that.

  Kara DioGuardi

  Kids, Past, Singers

  "DIVA TALK: Chatting with Chicago Star Kara DioGuardi". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. September 16, 2011.

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• I felt like I got more comfortable on "Idol" when I just started being myself and not trying to be what I thought I had to be.

  Kara DioGuardi

  Trying, Being Myself, Comfortable

  "DIVA TALK: Chatting with Chicago Star Kara DioGuardi". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. September 16, 2011.

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• People do not like to have their favorite myths of idols challenged and as a rule I think that the public does not like bad news.

  Tom Brokaw

  Thinking, People, Doe

  "New Again: Tom Brokaw". Interview with Gale Lopez, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 20, 2015.

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