Sam Hunt Quotes
I don't really know that I'm aware of a lot of the inspiration and influence that I'm under, because I didn't have an extensive musically educational upbringing.
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I'm not an aggressive person at all. But I know how to fight.
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I think people are always able to achieve more than they think they can. While that's cliche, I don't know if managers think about that enough. You have to set your sights extremely high.
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Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song.
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If the Big Bang is true, that means everything that came out of it, all of the particles, all of us, there is a scientific force that connects it all that we don't really know about.
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There's always going to be a little bit of autobiographical content to everything. It's how you lend some authority to what you write - you give it that weight by drawing on your direct experiences and indirect experiences from people that you know well, or a little.
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My inspiration is endless; I can't define it. It is a constant flow and evolution. In general, I'm taking it from everywhere. People get nervous when they walk with me, as I'll see something and suddenly have to text it to myself.
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I'm always looking for something new: a new inspiration, a new philosophy, a new way to look at something, new talent.
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I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in the moment and doing it there and then. I'm not one of those actors.
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I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.
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Would I be happy just practicing law? No. Would I be happy just doing TV and speeches? No. I want to do all of these things and be as active as I can... but my main goal is to have some degree of influence on the public discussion.
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Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.
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Know or listen to those who know.
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Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip.
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I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.
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We know that often holding those who have carried out mass atrocities accountable is at times our best tool to prevent future atrocities.
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I think that most people don't even know that I do other things. They think that Homer is all that I do.
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I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know.
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We know that the elements in play in a show like 'Confederate' are much more raw, much more real, and people come into them much more sensitive and more invested, than they do with a story about a place called 'Westeros,' which none of them had ever heard of before they read the books or watched the show.
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Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
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‘Oh Brancepeth,’ said the girl, her voice trembling, ‘why haven’t you any money? If only you had the merest pittance - enough for a flat in Mayfair and a little weekend place in the country somewhere and a couple of good cars and a villa in the South of France and a bit of trout fishing on some decent river, I would risk all for love.’
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Relativity applies to physics, not ethics.
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If people are dishonest once, they will be dishonest a second time. And honest people should keep away from them.
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Everything that an artist does is a risk. Some people want you to stay the same. If you want to evolve, they want to keep you in a certain place.
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I don't really know that I'm aware of a lot of the inspiration and influence that I'm under, because I didn't have an extensive musically educational upbringing.
