Jim Adkins Quotes
Gil didn't know us well, which was good. It made us step up and really make an effort. We had only made albums with one person in ten years. It helped to have an outside perspective.
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I kinda wanted to play receiver more.
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People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
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I'm not going to lie; the most fun of writing these books is just saying, 'Where am I going to write about? Let me go there!'
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The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.
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Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.
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Versace designs have always been bootlegged. Now it's Versace bootlegging the bootleg for the bootleggers to bootleg the bootleg.
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Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved.
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The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.
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In fact, because of their connection to the land, farmers do more to protect and preserve our environment than almost anyone else. They are some of the best environmentalists around.
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I always like to do the things that I think are right. I am not trying to be a model, I am trying to be myself and do the right things. If what I am doing is a model, or is an example, is the right example, I am very happy, but I don't pretend that.
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We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We've been taught that democracy is having elections. And it isn't. Elections are the most horrendous aspect of democracy. It's the most mundane, trivial, disappointing, dirty aspect.
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Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.
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My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things.
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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that.
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We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living.
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It's also important for those who promote those issues within the white community - the somewhat privileged community - to talk about issues affecting people of color.
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Without a clear diagnosis of why the candidate or party failed, there can be no clear consensus about how to move forward.
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‘What you could do with is a nice strong cup of tea, sir. I’ll tell the kuki to make you one.’ ‘Does it really do any good, Nabby? (That was better.) ‘I’ve tried every damn thing.’....
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Gil didn't know us well, which was good. It made us step up and really make an effort. We had only made albums with one person in ten years. It helped to have an outside perspective.
