Mat Kearney Quotes
I started writing music in a season of my life where people were telling me I wasn't defined by mistakes, and God really loved me and was fighting for me, and there was a journey to be had with that. And I don't know of a more important message.
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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I was a dispatcher, flat-tire fixer, changed the oil, fixed the fan belts. There was nothing too good for me.
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There's so many confusing messages that you're being sent about being pretty but not too pretty, smart but not too smart, ambitious but in a way that makes people comfortable. It's very hard to navigate.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.
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The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'
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Men are every bit as gendered as women.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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Radio 4 Extra is the network which offers the broadcasting version of eternal life.
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Most people honestly want to do as well as they can in their lives.
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People like to act like we don't have a legacy of racism here. I think people get really uncomfortable with it. We know that we can't change it unless we address that.
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Sport is increasingly played according to the tune, and rules, of those with the biggest bucks, whether their practices be legal or illegal.
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When you're on the subway in New York, people literally could be 11-inches away from you, and you can't just stare at them.
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I started writing music in a season of my life where people were telling me I wasn't defined by mistakes, and God really loved me and was fighting for me, and there was a journey to be had with that. And I don't know of a more important message.
