Jan Karon Quotes

So here is what my advice would be: If God has given you a dream, you'd better get cracking because He wants you to use it. That's why He gives them to us in the first place.

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• I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.

  

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• When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.

  

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• The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.

  

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• I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.

  

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• I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.

  

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• It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America.

  

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• To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.

  

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• The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.

  

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• The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.

  

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• So here is what my advice would be: If God has given you a dream, you'd better get cracking because He wants you to use it. That's why He gives them to us in the first place.

  

  Jan Karon
  • God
  • Why
  • Dream