Jamey Johnson Quotes
Man, I live in Nashville. I know how good other songwriters and singers are around here. There's a wealth of talent in this town, not to mention the people who shoot in for a week or two to try their hand on lower Broad or the other venues around town.
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The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war. The onus is on them to explain just cause.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'
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Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
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Nothing makes us love a person as much as praying for him.
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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Broader social concerns within Muslim communities, such as discrimination, integration or socio-economic disadvantages, should be treated distinctively and not as part of counterterrorism agenda, which has been counter-productive.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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Dance connects us to the musicality of life and to one another. No one should be denied such basic pleasures.
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In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways.
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Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.
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No matter who you are, the grass is never greener on the other side.
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Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.
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To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another.
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When I hung up my toe shoes, I didn't look back. In all my years, I have never looked back.
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I mean, when I started out I was billing per hour, like a shrink because you would sit with somebody and work. But most of it, if it's for a live show it's usually a buy-out. A flat fee.
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Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent... It is, in the deepest sense, a privilege as well as a duty to speak out to many thousands of people.
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I never really had an itch for gambling. I work hard for my money, so I don't like going out and giving it away like that.
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Jews, when they get successful, they will help their people.
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Man, I live in Nashville. I know how good other songwriters and singers are around here. There's a wealth of talent in this town, not to mention the people who shoot in for a week or two to try their hand on lower Broad or the other venues around town.
