Charles Kelley Quotes
In my career, I've always felt like all great things came at once, and when something goes bad, it always seems that everything else seems to start going bad.
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There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music that they used to make. Artists make their money on tours, not from album sales.
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It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.
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One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
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Honest honey, I feel like crying every time I sit down to write you a letter... I am so unlucky.
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Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.
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When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things.
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Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.
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My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions.
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What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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I received a call from Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum and head coach Eric Mangini. They asked me if I was ready to become a New York Jet. I quickly answered 'yes' and began to hug everyone at the table.
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My father was a big Bruce Lee fan. He's Chinese-Hawaiian, and my mother is Chinese. He used to take us to all these really fantastical films with martial arts in them. And Bruce Lee was amazing.
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It is sensible of me to be aware that I will die one of these days. I will not 'pass away.'
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When I was a child, she'd have me wash the lettuce ten times or open walnuts by hand to make a cake. I was like, 'Mom, this is ridiculous.' But now? I run my kitchen the same way.
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I have friends who are writers, but we don't tend to talk about literature very much. It's just not part of my process; I tend to be pretty secretive about what I'm working on.
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The mere fact of knowing that a great audience waits on your labor is enough to shake all your nerves to pieces.
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In my career, I've always felt like all great things came at once, and when something goes bad, it always seems that everything else seems to start going bad.
