Charley Pride Quotes
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	I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.   
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	My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.   
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	I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.   
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	I ain't just collab-ing with anybody. Because I don't care about making friends. I got enough friends.   
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	One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'   
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	We were these arty punks from Hollywood. I considered myself an intellectual.   
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	I started growing my audience in small clubs through word-of-mouth. I started making music that isn't necessarily commercially viable, and it's not necessarily marketable to my peers to a certain extent.   
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	A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.   
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	There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.   
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	America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.   
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	Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? no. Just as one can never learn how to paint.   
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	In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of discrimination - and current incidents of discrimination, while less overt than in the past - are real and must be addressed.   
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	Whenever someone says the word community, I want to reach for an oxygen mask.   
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	I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.   
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	Private equity helps produce strong companies, promotes innovation and spurs job growth.   
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	For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a trillionaire.   
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	I split my commission and personal work about 50 per cent each. It is important to get that balance in life.   
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	As an individual, I need space and can't be locked in a house with strangers. I would do 'Bigg Boss' if I get to co-host it with Salman Khan.   
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	When antibiotics first came out, nobody could have imagined we'd have the resistance problem we face today. We didn't give bacteria credit for being able to change and adapt so fast.   
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	The only safe thing is to take a chance. Play safe and you are dead. Taking risks is the essence of good work, and the difference between safe and bold can only be defined by yourself since no one else knows for what you are hoping when you embark on anything.   
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	Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front of 100 musicians and talk to them and leading them.   
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	My death scene in 'The Salton Sea' is really weird. I mean, I get shot in the head. What experience can you possibly draw from? There's nothing you can compare it to, really.   
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	People who run for president seriously and people who become president enter a bizarre secret society in which they have had an experience that none of us will ever have.   
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	Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					