Mat Kearney Quotes
I've never shaped or crafted my music for any specific group of people. Whoever connects with it is fine with me. I don't care where they come from.
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When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.
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Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible.
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I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety?
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Censorship is advertising paid by the government.
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I've got a great staff and great support system, and I'm going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I think going from doing TV and straight plays to Shakespeare is weird enough because you have this heightened language, and you are telling a story through metric poetry. But I think music is that place beyond poetry.
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Our career had a sort of funny shape.
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I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.
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Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
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I dreamed about this as a kid, that I would write - and people would read - a whole series of books. I feel accomplished, giddy, and tired. Mostly, though, I feel thankful. A trilogy is a huge investment on the part of author, publisher, and reader, and I'm grateful that so many people were willing to invest along with me.
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I just sing. You have to use it.
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I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run up to bowl. The perfect delivery stride is understandable because he is a world champion athlete. But the manner - he loaded at the crease and then bowled the ball - left me zapped. He looked like a natural cricketer.
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Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.
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I actually think I need 'Homeland' rehab. And that Ray Donovan. I think I've watched every episode more than once. Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Wright and Jon Voight have made me fall in love with acting again.
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If you think back to your first love, you always remember them and little things always remind you of them.
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It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that the country, caught up in its ruthless ambitions and moral decay, can learn on my dime.
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When people come to me saying they want to kill themselves, I tell them, 'What’s your rush? You can kill yourself any time you like. So calm down. Suicide is a positive act.' And they do calm down.
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The trouble with government as it is, is that it doesn't represent the people. It controls them.
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Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
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I've never shaped or crafted my music for any specific group of people. Whoever connects with it is fine with me. I don't care where they come from.
