Dwight Yoakam Quotes
I am probably the last of a generation able to gain an education in country music by osmosis, by sitting in a '64 Ford banging the buttons on the radio.
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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.
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I still consider myself a working-class girl and would send my kids to public school.
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When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
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Of course, there can be serious injustices within free societies.
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All I'm asking for is the law that's been on the books for the last 33 years, no public funding for abortion. We are both saying the same thing, pro-life, pro-choice. Let's find the language that works for both of us so we can pass health care.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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It's never been seen that a street artist go as far as I've gone - keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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If you live in New York or L.A., and you're liberal, and you're playing to a liberal crowd, it's almost like a rally... it's not edgy.
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I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful.
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To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public investments. And on the other side, you need market opportunities, information, employment, and human rights.
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I always say, dare to struggle, dare to grin.
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My mom watches really obscure stuff on IFC. She's a real comedy fan. She knows everything that's going on.
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I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne.
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I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.
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This knowledge, the knowledge that the physical well-being of the citizen is an important foundation for the vigor and vitality of all the activities of the nation, is as old as Western civilization itself.
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It is a spiritually impoverished nation that permits infants and children to be the poorest Americans.
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If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our sorrow. We can grieve our lost loves, our lost youth, our lost health, our lost capacities. This is part of our humanness, part of the expression of our love for life.
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A lot of wonderful people love their country and hate the military.
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I am probably the last of a generation able to gain an education in country music by osmosis, by sitting in a '64 Ford banging the buttons on the radio.
