Chely Wright Quotes
I think I'm no different from any artist in music. At least once, you want to see your name up on the top.
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I converse with my dog through ESP.
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When I lead essay workshops, I ask students to come up with at least five topics, which they'll narrow down to one. The winning idea should be the story the student is most excited to tell because it honestly reflects his or her best self.
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I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
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I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn't find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.
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Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright.
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Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good!
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I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood, so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else, or as smart, or whatever.
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I just feel like whenever the team needs a bucket, I can come and get it. I feel I'm a really good scorer.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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Close friends consider me a literary snob.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history.
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Universities used to prepare young adults for the real world. I dare say the graduates today go in without a clue and graduate without a clue. It's time to acknowledge the college degree is not worth what it was in the past. Times are changing, and so is the way we prepare our youth to survive in a competitive world.
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One of the things I find depressing about some of the upper echelons of Anglicanism on both sides of the Atlantic is that it's sort of taken for granted that we all basically know what's in the Bible, and so we just glance at a few verses for devotional purposes and then get on to the real business.
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Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.
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Rajneeshism is creating a Noah's Ark of consciousness, remaining centered exactly in the middle of the cyclone. You can only escape within, and that's what I teach. I do not teach worship of God or any other ritual but only a scientific way of coming to your innermost core.
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I still don't understand the music industry that much. Everything I learned was from hanging out with rock musicians in studios. I certainly have respect for those who make music their livelihood.
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I think it's much richer and much more fun to be an artist than to be anything else. I can't think of a better life than acting.
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I think whatever you have in your life, my opinion is that if you know that there's something wrong, you try to fix it.
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I don't mind if the couple next to me is tense or the kids are whiny. I'd even be happy to hear an honest argument, evidence of thinking. I'd like to know these teeth-perfect families don't just buy each other stuff but just occasionally can talk to one another.
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Our only goal is to strengthen the opposition and to avoid the dilemma whereby we only have the choice between Bashar Assad and al-Qaeda.
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I think I'm no different from any artist in music. At least once, you want to see your name up on the top.
