Charley Pride Quotes
I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries.
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually, I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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A lot of people I make music with are really talented and it doesn't stop at one instrument.
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We had a kid. The kid was awesome. She didn't fall asleep easily. We complained about it. We got frustrated. But we didn't look for an out. We just accepted that this was part of parenting.
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A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.
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What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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The living nightmare for a red state NASCAR driver would be a gay French driver.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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Cricket was my reason for living.
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My dad died when he was 60. I was only 17 and I think, psychologically, that had a huge impact on me, probably more than I realised.
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In England, rain was thin and cold, and made you hunch up inside your coat, walking home from the bus stop. In Jamaica, it was wide and thick and invited you to step into it, and see how wet you could get, and be thrilled that it was warmer than the sea and warmer than your skin; it was abandon.
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What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do.
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I was lucky that I got to do films in between seasons of 'Chuck.'
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Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love.
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Researches at Yale found a connection between brain cancer and work environment. The No. 1 most dangerous job for developing brain cancer? Plutonium hat model.
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It's a feeling without a lid, of what you would do, physically, verbally, to protect the one thing that is your greatest love.
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I had a blast writing the Ranger in 'The Great Dinosaur Rush' for the Moonstone collection. The story turned out to be twice as long as it was supposed to be, but I was having fun. I even showed the Ranger in his 'old prospector' disguise, and I had some nice exchanges between the Ranger and Tonto.
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I can't say New York's home, but I've made a lot of friends, and I'm developing a map of what cats are here and where they play, and as a singer, you're always looking for projects that tie things in emotionally and intuitively with your life.
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I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries.
