February 12, 2005
Good Charlotte's Joel Madden on God
(Filed under: Spirituality)“Each day, I’d read and think a lot. I also started thinking about God again for the first time in years. My mom is a devout Christian, but I used to be like, Forget about what God wants, I’ll do what I want. Yet once I thought about what I really wanted, I realized it was to get close to God. And I knew that I had to stop the things I was doing because God wanted me to respect myself.”
-Joel Madden of Good Charlotte who released their latest CD, The Chronicles of Life and Death last fall. (Source: Seventeen, March 2005)
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Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst on God
(Filed under: Spirituality)“You don’t want it to be a completely cold reality. You want life to make sense. I believe in God. I just don’t know if it’s a personal thing, where it’s a God who gives a shit about me. But it has to go beyond this.”
-Conor Oberst, frontman for Bright Eyes, who just released their latest CD, I'm Wide Awake It's Morning. (Source: Rolling Stone, January 27, 2005)
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Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong on Kids
(Filed under: Family)“Having children makes you look at the world a bit differently. You want to lash our a little more, and that affects how you write songs. And there's nothing more humbling than being a parent. There are two types of people you can never talk down to: old people and kids. You have to communicate with your kids all the time—not to censor them, but to talk about things.”
-Billie Joe Armstrong, frontman for Green Day, who've seen renewed success with their latest CD, American Idiot. (Source: USA Today, January 31, 2005)
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Paris Hilton Drives
(Filed under: Celebrity)“I’ve driven on the street at 140 miles an hour when no one’s around. Don’t worry, I’ve never had an accident. I took classes in Monaco with racing cars—real ones. I love fast cars. I always get pulled over. I never get tickets though. They ask me for an autograph or they ask me on a date. I have so many [business] cards from cops.”
-Paris Hilton (Seventeen, March 2005)
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Halle Berry on Love
(Filed under: Relationships)“The times may have changed, but people are the same. We’re still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings.”
-Actress Halle Berry, who won an Oscar for her role in Monster's Ball. She wasn't so lucky for her role in Catwoman. (Source: Entertainment Weekly, January 21, 2005)
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Lindsay Lohan on Accepting Yourself
(Filed under: Appearance)“It’s definitely harder for girls to like themselves today, with all the influences from pop culture. There are so many things they feel they have to live up to. They’re so concerned about fitting into size 25 waist jeans. They get their hair lightened earlier, wear makeup earlier. And they’re getting plastic surgery, like nose jobs, when they’re 16. My sister is 10 years old and already wears bronzer.”
-Lindsay Lohan, who starred in Mean Girls and Freaky Friday. (Source: CosmoGirl, February 2005)
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Lindsay Lohan Is Insecure
(Filed under: Appearance)“Believe it or not, I am insecure. It’s hard not to be because you’re always expected to look a certain way.”
-Lindsay Lohan, who starred in Mean Girls and Freaky Friday. (Source: Teen People, February 2005)
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Hilary Swank on Beauty
(Filed under: Appearance)“Beauty comes in so many forms—it doesn’t have to be big hair and big breasts”
-Actress Hilary Swank, who won an Oscar for Boys Don't Cry, had her break out role in The Next Karate Kid and had a role in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie. (Source: Entertainment Weekly, December 24, 2004)
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Paris Hilton's Morals
(Filed under: Responsibility)“When you’re in the public eye, it’s wrong to cheat on someone, unless you’re very careful. If you’re normal and no one’s going to know, then do it.”
-Paris Hilton (Source: Rolling Stone, December 30, 2004 - January 13, 2005)
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Emma Roberts on Being a Role Model
(Filed under: Appearance)“If you’re a role model and kids look up to you, it’s just not good to do that stuff.”
-13-year-old actress Emma Roberts (Julia Roberts’ niece) explaining why she won’t appear half-naked on magazine covers. (Source: USA Today, January 7, 2005)
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Jaime Lee Curtis on Money
(Filed under: Materialism)“You can have all the money in the world. You can have everything under the tree that you ever wanted. And if you're sitting there alone, you are the saddest, loneliest human being on the planet, and there is absolutely nothing that money can buy that will fill your soul.”
-Actress Jamie Lee Curtis, who starred in Freaky Friday and those annoying cell phone commercials. (Source: USA Today, December 27, 2004)
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Lindsay Lohan on Not Doing Drugs
(Filed under: Substance Abuse)“I’ve seen other girls my age out who are in this business—I won’t mention names—smoking pot right next to me. I don’t have any desire to do drugs. Why would I want to risk screwing it up with that kind of shit? I have a family member who’s gone through that, so I know what it does to people and how it destroys a family.”
-Lindsay Lohan, who starred in Mean Girls. (Source: Entertainment Weekly, December 17, 2004)
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