Anthem Quotes
92 quotes by 71 authors
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Adieu! adieu! thy plaintive anthem fades Past the near meadows, over the still stream, Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deep In the next…
— John Keats
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... The Anarchists' [national] anthem is an international anthem that consists of 365 raspberries blown in very quick succession to the tune of Camptown Races.…
— Mike Harding
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My dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years. And when he opened his campaign headquarters back in the early '70s,…
— Harry Connick, Jr.
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I think as a Canadian hockey player, you go through it in your mind so many times, being able to stand on that blue line…
— Sidney Crosby
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When I heard the royal family wanted to have me perform in celebration of Prince William's marriage, I knew I had to give them a…
— Snoop Dogg
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The most scared I'd ever been was the first time I sang at a rugby match, Australia versus New Zealand, in front of one hundred…
— Hugh Jackman
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I had lots of breaks. I guess the one that got my foot in the door was singing the National Anthem at the National Finals…
— Reba McEntire
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The records are black boxes for me. Like, if you want to know who I am, my views, my perspective, things I love, things I…
— Katy Perry
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'Free Fallin'' is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn't become this huge anthem. But I'm grateful…
— Tom Petty
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And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, you know, when you…
— Michael Phelps
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'Spectrum' is in part a disco song. But we play it hard, and it's a real euphoric, wailing tune. It's kind of like a total…
— Florence Welch
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Grunge was so self-consciously lowbrow and nonaspirational that it seemed, at first, impervious to the hype and glamour normally applied swiftly to any emerging trend.…
— Douglas Rushkoff
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I hate America. I hate this country. It’s just big ideas, and stories, and people dying, and people like you. The white cracker who wrote…
— Tony Kushner
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The white cracker who wrote the National Anthem knew what he was doing. He set the word "free" to a note so high nobody could…
— Tony Kushner
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But I still wonder how it was possible, in those graceless years of transition, long ago, that men did not see whither they were going,…
— Ayn Rand
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Too bad the freedom seemed like a prison. As his boots hit the mosaic floor at the bottom of the stairs, John Mellencamp's old-school, bic-lighter…
— J R Ward
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You take a bunch of people who don't seem any different from you and me, but when you add them all together you get this…
— Terry Pratchett
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It's time for a new National Anthem. America is divided into two definite divisions. The easy thing to cop out with is sayin' black and…
— Jimi Hendrix
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So . . . middle school? Awkward.Having a hobby that's different from everyone else's? Awkward. Singing the national anthem on weekends instead of going to…
— Taylor Swift
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If you think the last four words to the national anthem are " gentleman, start your engines", You might be a redneck.
— Jeff Foxworthy
Who Wrote These Anthem Quotes
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