Idols Quotes - Page 4

• Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Revenge, Age, Naked

  Percy Bysshe Shelley (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (Illustrated)”, p.1908, Delphi Classics

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• Of course that was my idol, Son House. I think he did a lot for the Mississippi slide down there.

  Muddy Waters

  Son, Thinking, House

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• When men have gone so far as to talk as though their idols have come to life, it is time that someone broke them.

  R. H. Tawney

  God, Men, Gone

  R. H. TAWNEY (1920). “THE ACQUISITIVE SOCIETY”

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• I've never seen American Idol but I am grateful to them. That show is one of Fox's biggest moneymakers, and some of that money goes to pay for shows like Prison Break. Simon Cowell's been signing my paychecks and for that I say thanks.

  Wentworth Miller

  Grateful, Pay, Foxes

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• Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything in which they seek or desire prosperity, they have their idols, which they honor and serve.

  Hernando Cortes

  War, Honor, Victory

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• American Idol transcends age, gender, ethnicity, everything.

  Carrie Underwood

  Ethnicity, Age, Gender

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• There's a lot of things that are said on the American Idol message board. I quit reading them because most of the people are very mean.

  Carrie Underwood

  Reading, Mean, People

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• Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Inspirational, God, Dust

  Rabindranath Tagore (2007). “Stray Birds”, p.10, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• Who's judging American Idol? Paula Abdul? Paula Abdul judging a singing contest is like Christopher Reeve judging a dance contest!

  Chris Rock

  Funny, Dance, Humor

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• At the time, the only options were playing the local county fair. Now with American Idol and younger recording artists that have come out, there is more of an opportunity.

  Marla Sokoloff

  Artist, Opportunity, County Fair

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

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• Lastly, literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist.

  Morris Raphael Cohen

  Philosophy, Past, Would Be

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• I think American Idol is a great career launcher.  A blessing for all of us.

  LaToya London

  Blessing, Thinking, Careers

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• Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me.

  LaToya London

  Focus, House, Competition

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• American Idol, I love. I think it's a passing fancy but not passing so soon.

  Diane Sawyer

  Thinking, Fancy, Passing

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• I saw John Garfield smoke. He was my idol, so I smoked. I even smoked like him.

  Jack Klugman

  Saws, Garfield, Smoke

  "Jack Klugman obituary" by Ronald Bergan, www.theguardian.com. December 25, 2012.

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• Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.

  Warren Zevon

  Hero, My Hero

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• I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock. LL Cool J was my biggest idol.

  Dee Dee Ramone

  Rap, Tired, Rocks

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• Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more.

  William Wordsworth

  Thinking, Adore, Expenses

  William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth (1815). “Poems by William Wordsworth: Including Lyrical Ballads, and the Miscellaneous Pieces of the Author”, p.211

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• I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'

  Fantasia Barrino

  Struggle, Long, Singing

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• There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.

  Joseph Addison

  Unhappy, Literature, Stardom

  Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1797). “The Spectator”, p.298

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• Go on your knees before God. Bring all your idols; bring self-will, and pride, and every evil lust before Him, and give them up. Devote yourself, heart and soul, to His will; and see if you do not "know of the doctrine.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Heart, Pride, Self

  Henry Ward Beecher, Augusta Moore (1859). “Notes from Plymouth Pulpit: A Collection of Memorable Passages from the Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher, with a Sketch of Mr. Beecher and the Lecture Room”, p.58

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• I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me.

  Naima Adedapo

  Past, People, Different

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• My idols are all older.

  Kelly Lynch

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• To love the one who loves you, To admire the one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol, Is exceeding the limit of human joy; It is stealing fire from heaven.

  Delphine de Girardin

  Love You, Fire, Joy

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• I must admit that I was in total awe of Stewart Granger. He was my idol.

  Roger Moore

  Fear, Awe

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