Jason Isbell Quotes
The south is very focused on family... the musical heritage of Muscle Shoals especially and the bands from the region.
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The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets are not kind, but they're very efficient. So when the marketplace determines an inefficiency in the system, it corrects that, and a market system that's left alone will reward good behavior and punish bad behavior.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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They think my life is glamourous. It's not true. I obviously get to come in and do radio interviews. That's the glamour. But other than that, I eat and sleep and that's it. Eat, sleep and do shows.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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With all the great products that are apparently out there that are undetectable, for me to take something like that... when people take things that now aren't even being tested for, does it make any sense?
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It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
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When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months.
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One cannot plan for the unexpected.
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I've completely fallen in love with the U.K., and I'd love to spend a couple of months a year there.
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My father was never around, and my mother used to worry that the kids won't grow up to be connected to him.
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I am just one human being.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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If I splurge on anything, it's cologne. I love smelling good.
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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The difference between men is in energy, in the strong will, in the settled purpose and in the invincible determination.
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There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
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Publicly traded United States companies report sales and profits to investors every quarter.
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I was born to a very large family, one of 7 kids. I grew up with carnivals and chaos all around me, so I can write anywhere.
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My parents always made me dress up for church. I really didn't want to.
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People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way they act, live the way they live.
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The south is very focused on family... the musical heritage of Muscle Shoals especially and the bands from the region.
