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It is a commonplace that the League of Nations is not yet-what its most enthusiastic protagonists intended it to be
And, so yeah, I'll always want to work in independent films because you're not forced into a category or a formula.
Most true things are kind of corny, don’t you think? But we make them more sophisticated out of sheer embarrassment.
Pardon me if this all sounds corny, but when you put on a record, I'd like it to be an escape from everything you do.
I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an extremely corny way.
I know that sounds corny. And I know you've heard it before. But it's really true: We're so much more than our bodies.
One of the great things about kids is they haven't heard a lot of the old jokes. You can get away with the corny ones.
I was raised to believe that you need to leave the world a better place than how you found it, as corny as that sounds.
There's this whole list of old personalities that I can act, as corny as that sounds, or as method actor as that sounds.
It sounds corny, but I wanted to be the change I wanted to see in the world. I used to have that on my notebook in school.
At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life.
The truth is - and this is corny - I fall more in love with Portia all the time. I really do. She surprises me all the time.
Kids now are so used to surround sound and the power in theater speakers, that the concert hall is a disappointment to them.
We all feel love, and that might sound kind of corny, but I really feel that's what joins musicians together around the world.
When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial then it is false.
It sounds corny, but I never have avoided the challenges - I relish them - I think it's what make me tick, to a certain extent.
It sounds corny, but I've promised my inner child that never again will I ever abandon myself for anything or anyone else again.
Most remarks that are worth making are commonplace remarks. The things that makes them worth saying is that we really mean them.
Be patient. Be confident in yourself. Anything can happen if you really work at it. Never give up. It‘s corny, but never give up.
I feel like there are a lot of bands or musicians that probably think improv is corny, because I think that's a sentiment out there.
Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another.
I always think 'Pity the Child' is a goodie. And I've always liked a song called 'Heaven Help My Heart,' which is quite a corny number.
I realize I never stand out in a room unless I'm feeling balanced, centered and happy. It sounds really corny but it's very, very true.
I know it's a cliche to say, 'There isn't anything you can't do if you believe,' but that's something I subscribe to, even if it's corny.
I'm a fan of some horror. Some of the really corny b-horror movies I don't love so much, but 'Rosemary's Baby' is one of my favorite movies.
Those which might have some depth are corny enough to be hokey, and almost hokey enough to be folky, since folky is already so hokey anyhow.
At the risk of sounding corny, the beach and the ocean are such a constant part of Los Angeles life, so that definitely seeps into our music.
I didn't want there to be a computer on stage. When I see people with computers on stage, I think, 'Are you sending e-mail?' That's so corny.
The American formula things are out there but they don't have any stories to tell - we have all the stories to tell - but they're all formula.
For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting.
Every corny thing that's said about living with nature - being in harmony with the earth, feeling the cycle of the seasons - happens to be true.
It's really corny to say, but if you are happily married and have good kids, that is about 98 per cent of what you should be seeking to achieve.
As corny as it sounds, I'm often pinching myself going, 'What great opportunities and great parts and great people that I've gotten to work with.'
I never lost my dreams in my 20s, and I know that sounds corny, but it's incredibly important to never let go of what you really want in your life.
This may sound corny, but I really admire my husband, Vivek Deora, as a businessman because I am amazed by how he conducts business internationally.
As corny as it sounds, and not to sound like a hippie, I think there are these spirit forces in nature, and we have to be careful not to offend them.
I used to watch those rock videos where they would chainsaw the piano. And I thought, 'That's what I want to do.' I thought classical music was corny.
My favourite thing to do as an artist is record. It's a super therapeutic thing for me. Not to sound corny, but it literally is a stress relief for me.
When I was a kid, everybody loved Hulk Hogan, right? 'Eat your vitamins. Eat your vegetables.' Everybody over 25 hated him because he was corny, right?
It's like taking over This Is Your Life from Eamonn Andrews - you just open your mouth and hope you sound like yourself. That's all you can possibly do.
A director must push his actors to the utmost limit to get everything possible out of each scene - without being corny or sentimental or going overboard.
I grew up in the '80s, when breaking was cool, and then it got corny in the '90s, and it became cool again with all these choreographed B-Boy dance crews.
Another symptom of progress toward the Singularity: ideas themselves should spread ever faster, and even the most radical will quickly become commonplace.
I try not to observe myself in the process of composing a poem because I don't want to come up with a formula, which I would then be unscrupulous in using.
Of course, we wore silly outfits, the pictures were corny, and some people still focus on that. But ABBA wasn't a big intellectual thing. We were a pop group.
I think the secret to what Jim Henson did, ultimately, is that he understood how to cut through to the... I know this sounds corny... but the child inside of you.
I know this is kind of corny, but we thought about renewing our vows again because I think my mom would really love it if we did that in Arkansas, where I came from.
It's perfectly okay if you don't understand every single one of them. For one thing, I make a lot of corny jokes, and you have to be 40 years old to get some of them.
I always thought that the film would be successful if we captured Harvey Milk, like the way Harvey really was-the personality, the humor, the corny bad jokes, all of it.
I think older people can appreciate my music because I really show my heart when I sing, and it's not corny. I think I can grow as an artist, and my fans will grow with me.