Bill Engvall Quotes
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For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
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A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
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Books are no different from goats! They enjoy an afternoon out on the lawn.
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When I was a child, I wanted to raise horses in Wyoming or be a cabin boy on a pirate ship.
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I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.
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My dream job was to work in an ice cream shop. Two weeks and five pounds later, I realized it wasn't for me. For many years, I had planned to be a corporate lawyer. As luck would have it, other than a summer internship, I didn't end up doing that either.
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It's like deja-vu, all over again.
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This is America, not a banana republic.
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I'm still going to have to go out and score, but defensively hopefully I can make them a little bit better.
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In the 1950s and 60s, geopolitical intrigues did not much engage masses in Asia and Africa; it was something for elites to sort out.
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I've known Bret Michaels forever.
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Growing up, I always wanted to be in punk bands, so I'm really enjoying the harder, heavier element. It's always been my dream to have people moshing at my gig, kind of that really feral element of the music coming out more. I love crowd-surfing.
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I'll have to have a room of my own. Nobody could sleep with Dick. He wakes up during the night, switches on the lights, speaks into his tape recorder.
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It's my impression that I've done every job that I've been asked to do.
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With love and patience, nothing is impossible.
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Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic purpose. Popular music helps people to develop a curiosity and leads them towards classical music.
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I had accumulated some capital and was at an age at which I was interested in generating income. But even though I was risk averse, I was interested in growth stocks.
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The concept is to weave in some emotion.
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When you're playing a character, you don't really want to have an opinion about where you're going to end up. Otherwise, you can't really stay in the moment and in your character.
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When I choose a role, I look for that spark that tells me it's going to work. Is the role fresh? What does it have for the actor in me? Those are the only things any actor should be concerned about, really.
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after drunkenly getting his ear pierced
