Kathy Mattea Quotes
I really think that's what music and art is about. It's another way to connect to the divine. It's a real pure way of touching that deeper reality beneath our life.
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
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Clothes have to be simple and comfortable.
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My idea is just to do something different each time; the next thing I do has to be completely different to the thing I've done before - that's what I try and do, because you know, I'm an actor, not a film star.
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A lot of the younger kids now can rap, but they're scared of the crowd. Mastery of that stage is an MC. I don't know if you've seen any great MCs on stage but when you do it's like wow, this is more than the words to rhymes.
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A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.
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At times, some journalists see nothing in the people apart from an opportunity to make material gain. They see them as consumers to whom we sell commodities at huge profits that keep our bank accounts growing.
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If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
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I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.
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I'm a strong proponent of green tech for anyone who can afford it, having spent the last 40 years working toward achieving a smaller and smaller eco-impact for myself.
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My marks were always bad, and I was a bad influence on other children, so they would explain to my mother that they could retain me only by being partial towards me, and so I should offer to leave the school myself. I would barely get 40-50% and was also extremely naughty.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.
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I never forbid myself anything.
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I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.
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I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.
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There is this tremendous amount of arrogance and hubris, where somebody can look at something for five minutes and dismiss it. Whether you talk about gaming or 20th century classical music, you can't do it in five minutes. You can't listen to 'The Rite of Spring' once and understand what Stravinsky was all about.
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There is a need for heroism in American life today.
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I think these movies are as much for people of that time as for people who weren't born. For people who weren't born, they see how leaders must act under a crisis situation, not trying to be re-elected or not trying to check polls, that they go from their gut check.
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I really think that's what music and art is about. It's another way to connect to the divine. It's a real pure way of touching that deeper reality beneath our life.
