Memorable Quotes - Page 14

• It's one giant Bowflex commercial covered in booze vomit.

  Corey Taylor

  Giants, Booze, Covered

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• I still have night terrors about things happening to my son. The worst things cross your mind when you care so much. I keep them at bay as best I can, and it's a struggle for me not to just do everything for him.

  Corey Taylor

  Struggle, Son, Night

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• It was always a thrill for me, getting out of the cocoon and wandering. I'd let the wind wrap around me like fire and slip into the unknown with a moment's hesitation.

  Corey Taylor

  Fire, Wind, Thrill

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• I am tired of the superficial smiles that adorn the many ghouls among us. I am tired of the righteous indignation that hides beneath those visages that feign our best interest and deign to think we cannot and will not stand for ourselves.

  Corey Taylor

  Tired, Thinking, Ghouls

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• I'm living on coffee, cigarettes and hospitality food. My bags and things are all over this hotel room in Dallas, but the scene could easily be in London, Paris, New York of LA. My eyes are burning, my knees hurt and I hate to say it, but a certain and vital part of my nether region is beginning to smell like peanut butter. Welcome to life on tour.

  Corey Taylor

  Hurt, New York, Hate

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• Twitter. Honestly, that's all I really have to say to explain insanity.

  Corey Taylor

  Insanity, Honestly

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• I mean come on. Do you know how easy it is to be famous these days? Do you have any idea? The web has made it plausible to have your very own platform to stand and spew nonsense from on an hourly basis. There's an old saying: when everyone is special, no one will be. These days, everybody thinks they're special, so no one really does anything to be special anymore.

  Corey Taylor

  Mean, Thinking, Ideas

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• I didn't write my speech until the night before, and even then I refused to write it out like I would say it, preferring to keep cribbed notes I could come back to if necessary. I wanted this to feel like a conversation because it was what I wanted to say that mattered, not how it looked on paper.

  Corey Taylor

  Writing, Night, Paper

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• People ask me all the time what or who my influences are. To be honest, it would take a decent set of encyclopedias to get them all down. I am here today to let the world know my greatest influence, my secret ingredient, really. What inspires me? That's simple: COFFEE.

  Corey Taylor

  Coffee, Simple, People

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• You ever tasted a smell? It's a very strange feeling. I've done it quite a few times and it still freaks me out.

  Corey Taylor

  Smell, Feelings, Done

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• I don't know whether we will find ourselves in the cross hairs, pulled by the short hairs, or just trying to find the next inane hairstyle. But change is coming; it is inevitable. It is as steady and reliable as a ticking clock.

  Corey Taylor

  Hair, Trying, Next

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• I've got to be honest, and I'm not just saying this because the majority of you reading this live there, but I love the United Kingdom. I just flat-out love it.

  Corey Taylor

  Reading, Majority, Kingdoms

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• When you're a kid, nine times out of 10, everthing is pure depending on how you grow up. Everything is new as a kid, so it's all amazing and wonderful. But as we get older, things start to lose their luster or possibly their relevance. Things don't mean as much as they did then. I know the feeling.

  Corey Taylor

  Growing Up, Mean, Kids

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• The first time I can remember being on a stage in front of an audience was one that came with triumph, adrenaline and a childlike tragedy. The first time I was on a stage, it wasn't even a music concert. It was a magic show. That being said, the life I lead now isn't what you would call 'destiny'.

  Corey Taylor

  Destiny, Magic, Tragedy

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• I want you to understand something: I am loving father who would do anything for his kids, whether they are mine or belonging to others in my family.

  Corey Taylor

  Father, Kids, Want

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• Justin Bieber is a douche bag. Now that I have your attention, let's talk about cars.

  Corey Taylor

  Car, Bags, Attention

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• If everything is happy go-lucky all the time, you don't know when you're experiencing joy and feeling life at its finest moments. You have to suffer a little.

  Corey Taylor

  Joy, Feelings, Suffering

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• OPTIMISM, enthusiasm, confidence against fear, prejudice, conformity - that is his enduring message to the men and women of Australia. Never more than now.

  Graham Freudenberg

  Men, Australia, Optimism

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• I was but three when he passed by, but I shall be grateful until the day I die.

  Cate Blanchett

  Grateful, Three, Dies

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• His [Gough Whitlam's] effect on the geo-cultural-political map of Australia is so vast that wherever you stick the pin in you get a wealth of Gough's legacy.

  Cate Blanchett

  Australia, Political, Legacy

  Cate Blanchett's Speech at the State Memorial Service for Gough Whitlam at Sydney Town Hall, www.smh.com.au. November, 5 2014.

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• When he breathed, he truly was Australia’s greatest white elder and friend without peer of the original Australians.

  Noel Pearson

  White, Australia, Peers

  "Gough Whitlam's Indigenous and reforming legacy hailed at memorial" by Bridie Jabour, Michael Safi, www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2014.

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• Gough, of course, would have loved to speak today but the rules of the game have disqualified him.

  Tony Whitlam

  Games, Today, Speak

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• The road ahead may be difficult for all Australians, but we need not be divided on partisan lines.

  Tony Whitlam

  Needs, Lines, May

  "Gough Whitlam memorial service: Noel Pearson pays tribute to 'old man's legacy' - as it happened" by Bridie Jabour, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2014.

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• Gough never pretended to perfection or to sainthood - well, hardly ever. Although when he set off the metal detector at airport security, he would blame his aura.

  William Faulkner

  Airports, Perfection, Sainthood

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• I'm the head coach at LSU. I will be the head coach at LSU. I have no interest in talking to anybody else. I got a championship game to play, and I'm excited for the opportunity of my damn strong football team to play in it. Please ask me after. I'm busy. Thank you very much. Have a great day!

  Les Miles

  Football, Strong, Team

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