Sam Kinison Quotes
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Yes, I took up the guitar when I was about 14 or 15, in high school.
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I believe in monogamy if that's what a couple decides upon together, but it all depends on the personal history and culture of the two involved.
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I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.
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People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok.
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In painting you must give the idea of the true by means of the false.
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A guy will promise you the world and give you nothin', and that's the blues.
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Economic growth and human development need to go hand in hand. Human values need to be advocated vigorously.
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I am a 10th class pass in Hindi. From 7th grade to 12th grade, I was in Delhi; before that, I was abroad. I came in not knowing a word of Hindi in 7th grade and learned Hindi and passed the exam in 10th. I think I was north of 50 percent, so I feel very proud of that accomplishment.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always trying to get records louder and louder to overcome that.
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There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.
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For a long time, I said I didn't want to model. I was a dancer.
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Everyone agrees to that; but when we come to define truth, dissension starts.
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Families are families. We've all got them, more or less, and we all know what it's like to be bullied by another generation.
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All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.
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I'm not used to not having enough time to live with the songs. Usually, if I write something, I live with it for a little while.
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Memo to White House: Calling voters stupid is not a winning strategy.
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I think people get excited about someone discovering something that blew their mind when they were younger. I think it makes people kind of nostalgic and happy. That's one of the really great things about the Internet, that it can bring people together in that way of just being interested in the same stuff.
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What an unappealing responsibility that is to lumber any prospective lover with: the need to be a saviour, not simply an equal partner.
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Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.
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I've always loved performing and, especially, love for the people. That's what keeps me going.
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When you're younger, you have ideas and visions of what you're going to be like when you're older and what love is going to be like and who you're gonna be married to and all of these different things.
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There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.
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It was like going to church, except Ozzy Osbourne was there.
