"My point is this: the more you have to lose, the braver you are for standing up."

-- Craig Silvey

#Standing Quotes

“Its almost scary how amateur I am when it comes to musicals - Im a musical goer, but I am not as obsessed with musicals as perhaps some of my theatrical friends are.”
“Adding two or three chunks of wood to the coals adds a great smoke flavor to meat. I prefer pecan wood, which adds a mellow smoke flavor, but any good wood will work. And most barbecue sections in stores and supermarkets around the country, like Walmart, sell hickory wood, which adds a heavier smoke flavor. Oak is also a good option for a mellow smoke flavor.”
“Celebrities meet a lot of people and we just can't maintain them all in our fuddled brains.”
“A writer's brain is like a magician's hat. If you're going to get anything out of it, you have to put something in it first.”
“My biggest advice for girls - and this is something that I wish I could have known when I was younger - is to have thick skin. It's something that you definitely develop when you get older, but when I first started, I was so obsessed with pleasing everybody. I wanted everybody to like me and to like my songs.”

Source : Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. May 05, 2011.
“It's frightening for one artist to see another one, any other one turn away from art.”
“I tell myself that I know you, and then when I think about it, I realize that I don't.”
“No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.”

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