Bobby Short Quotes
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All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.
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We have a very loyal fan base, the kind tat buys the record the day it comes out, sees every show, and that's fantastic, but what about the people who would never hear about our band?
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To disregard the obvious is not a good trait in a leader in any situation.
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When I travel, there are no rules with my diet. I eat whatever looks good, but in small portions. Food is such a rich part of the travel experience. There is no way I would cut that out!
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Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.
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When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children got from their mother - and I absolutely refused to believe women carry Original Sin.
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What I really enjoy the most is seeing what the crowd likes. I enjoy making people laugh.
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But I can tell you that the New York that I see now is not the New York that we grew up in. It's not 1973.
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Horses and horsepower alike are about status and being cool.
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Wherever I am in the world, my perfect day begins with waking up and heading to the beach or the pool or somewhere I can be semi-comatose. I just wake up and go to the sun.
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If a patient is cold, if a patient is feverish, if a patient is faint, if he is sick after taking food, if he has a bed-sore, it is generally the fault not of the disease, but of the nursing.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing - my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes.
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I just want to make everyone happy.
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Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me want to smash things. So-called normal behaviour patterns make me so bored, I could throw up!
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Hurry boys, hurry, we have to make a quick change or the hour will be up.
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Sell a country?! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?
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Not to sound too much like Christopher Guest in 'Waiting for Guffman,' but on Thanksgiving you're putting on a show!
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The United States is very good at understanding itself, and very bad at understanding others.
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America changed my life, but I still think of home and working in Scotland was an important part of that.
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The phrase 'off with the crack of the bat', while romantic, is really meaningless, since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears the sound of the ball meeting the bat.
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Several excuses are always less convincing than one.
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I grew up as a Roy Rogers fan, of course.
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Once in a while, I try to sneak in something less known anyway.
