Charley Pride Quotes
Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've got all my fingers and both eyes.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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Remind yourself that the greatest technique for bringing peace into your life is to always choose being kind when you have a choice between being right or being kind.
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I'm a lot more introspective than one would believe.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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I have been the victim of heartless malice.
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If you taste something, you're not at the maximum of your ability. What I think about in competition is temperature and texture. It has nothing to do with taste or emotion.
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What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet.
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Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.
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Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.
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I try to work on my defense every game, every practice.
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No matter who you are, the grass is never greener on the other side.
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I saw Damien Rice in Dublin when I was 13, and that inspired me to want to pursue being a songwriter... I practised relentlessly and started recording my own EPs. At 16, I moved to London and played any gigs I could, selling CDs from my rucksack to fund recording the next, and it snowballed from there.
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I don't care about commercial success. I get to do what I love and communicate whatever I want.
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When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.
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I guess some people are brilliant enough to be brilliant on their own and never doubt anything and come up with fabulous things. But I think it's good to get into arguments with people and have them say, 'That sucks' or 'You're crazy' or 'That's cheesy' or 'What do you think of this?'
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When the wise plant developer goes into his garden or orchard... his eyes turn always first and foremost to the leaves...
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Whether it's eight o'clock in the morning or eight o'clock at night, I always try to greet others before they have a chance to speak to me.
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Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've got all my fingers and both eyes.
