Jake Peavy Quotes
Any city that's worth a dang certainly has a musical heartbeat, a culture, and a scene that can stand on its own.
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I never even held a guitar until I was 23 and living in California, but then loved it. I'm really not an accomplished instrumentalist. Maybe that has something to do with why I write and sing.
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It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its consistency.
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You know those little snow globes that you shake up? I always thought my brain was sort of like that. You know, where you just give it a shake and watch what comes out and shake it again. It's like that.
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I've come a long way since 2007 when I kind of launched my golf career.
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Laughter is healing and helpful and fun, and I see my role as an entertainer, and I want readers to leave my books smiling.
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Everybody has values. Now, you know it may be formed in a secular setting, it may be formed in an intellectual setting, but everybody comes forward with values.
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Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment.
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The good name of the United Nations is one of its most valuable assets - but also one of its most vulnerable. The Charter calls on staff to uphold the highest levels of efficiency, competence and integrity, and I will seek to ensure to build a solid reputation for living up to that standard.
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You won't see me at a microphone singing and tapping my foot. I spend a lot of money on sets, costumes and sound. I believe people deserve a show. I'm a singer, musician, dancer. I work hard, and I'm soaking wet when I come off.
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I think, looking back, there was a lot of fear of success in me. When you are successful, you have to keep it up... it requires you to be responsible, and I had been pretty irresponsible.
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The whole melodrama of the Middle East would be improved if amnesia were as common here as it is in melodramatic plots.
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I think I've developed, as many people do, this sense of, 'Don't say the wrong thing, or else people will point at you and laugh.'
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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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It is a universal principle that you get more of what you think about, talk about, and feel strongly about.
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It seems like the good things that have happened in my career are things that you don't try to plan and push, and make it happen, it just seems to happen.
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Life isn't fair, and it isn't government's job to make life fair. But if you're not willing to give up on yourself, then we shouldn't give up on you, either.
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There are lots of things I'm acquainting myself with now to be a more well-rounded person.
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I wouldn't say that I am one of the greatest dancers, but I am really quite good at what I do.
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We are our own worst inhibitors
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For hard it is to keep from being King When it's in you and in the situation.
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I try hard to always question myself and wonder, 'What could I have done better? What did I do wrong?' The culture at our company is to be self-critical, but you have to balance that as a leader with praise for your team.
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Usually, I walk around and think about things. When I come across a thought that makes me laugh, I write it down.
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What cursed spirit of falsehood moveth priests to close themselves within stone walls for all their life, since Christ commanded all his apostles and priests to go into all the world, and to preach the Gospel?
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Any city that's worth a dang certainly has a musical heartbeat, a culture, and a scene that can stand on its own.
