Santa Monica Quotes

• Santa Monica was a big song, and I always knew it would be radio friendly. But its not a defining song for me, though for a lot of people it is.

  Art Alexakis

  Song, People, Friendly

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• I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I've talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take your demo, you pop it in your car and you drive down Sunset Blvd. to Santa Monica, and that's the Hollywood car test.

  Ryan Tedder

  Song, Sunset, Thinking

  "OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder on Hitmaking, Writer's Block and the Song That Got Away (Q&A)" by Michele Amabile Angermiller, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 06, 2013.

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• Once you become an actor, it's important to take care of yourself. I live in Santa Monica, where I can mountain bike, hike and go running on the beach. I like a nice sunset jog.

  Mark Feuerstein

  Running, Beach, Nice

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Famously sunny Los Angeles has long been known as the homeless capital of America, from beachy communities like Santa Monica and Venice to Skid Row downtown.

  John Carlos Frey

  America, Venice, Long

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• [Trey Parker and Matt Stone]called me one Saturday morning and said, "Can you do an impression of Conan O'Brien?" And I said, "I don't know." Because that was really... He hadn't been on the air that long, and to be honest, I hadn't watched much of him at that point. So I went to Santa Monica to their studio and said, "Well, what does he sound like?" They said, "Well, just try it one time. Read the copy." And I read the copy one time, and they went, "Okay, that's fine. Thanks a lot, that'll do. That's perfect."

  Brent Spiner

  Morning, Air, Long

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• There are a few YouTube clips of me singing at The King's Head in Santa Monica, so you can see how bad I am.

  Vinnie Jones

  Kings, Singing, Santa

  "Vinnie Jones: 'It doesn't matter who you are, we all like to be loved'". Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. March 21, 2010.

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• I went to the surplus store on Santa Monica and Vine (in Los Angeles) and went and got me a Navy outfit, put the black tape under my eyes. I got me a whistle and went in there with a hat looking like a full-on drill sergeant.

  Tyrese Gibson

  Eye, Black, Navy

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• I usually like to throw on some flip flops and go to a really nice lunch in Venice, or Santa Monica, or stay in and cook dinner.

  Ben Savage

  Nice, Lunch, Santa

  "Paging Your Inner-Tween: We're Chatting With Ben Savage (AKA Cory Matthews!)". Interview with Rosemary Brennan, www.glamour.com. October 18, 2011.

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• I just discovered the Santa Monica flea market, every Sunday. I go weekly. There's a lot of interesting things there.

  April Bowlby

  Sunday, Interesting, Santa

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

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• If the Pilgrims had landed in Santa Monica Bay rather than Boston, we'd have six states out here!

  Kevin Starr

  Boston, Santa, Six

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• Well, I have a lot of appetites and try to revel in almost everything, so inspiration can even come from a well-appointed submarine sandwich, you know? Potentially in the form of The Godmother from Santa Monica's Bay Cities [Italian Deli &] Bakery. But for a primal "Wow, every sense is on fire!" moment, it would have to be live music.

  Patrick Fabian

  Inspiration, Italian, Fire

  "Actor Patrick Fabian: The power of live music and being connected to emotions". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I was born in Santa Monica but brought up abroad so I don't use English much.

  Geraldine Chaplin

  Use, Santa, Born

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• Walk through Santa Monica and try to find somebody who knows a young man or woman who's in this war. Here, war is an intellectual concept. If you lose your son or daughter, it's no longer an intellectual matter.

  Paul Haggis

  Daughter, War, Son

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• "Our first conversation was on the phone. I was in the bathtub, and I had to tell him that I was in the bathtub because I was afraid he would think I was, like, playing in the toilet when he heard water swishing around. [...] Then we had breakfast in Santa Monica, and I spit egg inside of his mouth when I was talking.

  Jennifer Lawrence

  Life, Thinking, Talking

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• One day in '61, I was looking in the Santa Monica phone book for a number, and there it was: Stan Laurel, Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica. I went over there and spent the afternoon with them. And pumped him with questions. I must have driven him crazy. I spent a lot of happy hours at Stan's house on Sundays just talking about comedy.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Crazy, Ocean, Book

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• Santa Monica Bay is less polluted today than when I first moved to the area in the 1970s, because actions have been taken to avoid putting some of the noxious materials into the sea. I think people are more aware than they once were, the air is cleaner, water generally is, in spite of the fact that there are more people.

  Sylvia Earle

  Taken, Thinking, Air

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• I was in the Pritikin Center in Santa Monica once, trying to lose 30 or 40 pounds in a month. I'd work... on a treadmill and with the weights, but it was driving me nuts. So I escaped. Tom Arnold picked me up and we went to Le Dome and had tons of desserts.

  Chris Farley

  Nuts, Trying, Pounds

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I love Santa Monica and Venice because I like the beach. I have a lot of friends in that area.

  Denis Leary

  Beach, Venice, Lots Of Friends

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• Santa Monica's only walkable if death is no hurdle. The air's the wrong colour. People put sunglasses on their dogs. It's a hideous place where humans are not welcome and those who stay suffer eight kinds of brain damage.

  Warren Ellis

  Dog, Eight, Air

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• When I was a kid out here in L.A., I was homeless, I didn't have any money and I was living in my car. I wasn't averse to going down to Santa Monica Boulevard and letting a guy buy me a sandwich. Know what I mean?

  Thomas Jane

  Mean, Kids, Gay

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• A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk.

  Lisa Bonet

  Girl, Venice, Community

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I was a freshman in high school, I got a letterman jacket, which you'd think would be great stock. The jacket had the big S on it, for Santa Monica. But rather than having a football or a baseball on the S, I had a little nine iron. Girls thought it was a flute.

  Carson Daly

  Girl, Baseball, Football

  "Carson Daly: 'I'm Living Proof That the Good Guys Win'". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.elle.com. April 19, 2012.

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• If we talk about the environment, for example, we have to talk about environmental racism - about the fact that kids in South Central Los Angeles have a third of the lung capacity of kids in Santa Monica.

  Danny Glover

  Kids, Racism, Environmental

  Interview with Sarah van Gelder, www.yesmagazine.org. March 31, 2001.

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• When I graduated from Santa Monica High in 1927, I was voted the girl most likely to succeed. I didn't realize it would take so long.

  Gloria Stuart

  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

  "Gloria Stuart, actress in 'Titanic,' dies at 100" by Sarah Halzack, www.washingtonpost.com. September 27, 2010.

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• I work with a place in Santa Monica called Phase IV. My doctor recommended them to me when I started losing weight. They help people train for things like triathlons or biking and running races. They offer physical therapists, testing, lectures.

  Drew Carey

  Running, Doctors, Race

  "Drew Carey: 'I feel like I'm aging in reverse". Interview with Mary Brophy Marcus, usatoday30.usatoday.com. May 8, 2011.

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