Jason Isbell Quotes
I try to make statements that aren't broad because that doesn't make for good writing. I don't get commentary as my job, because I'm not very good at that. The way I do it is by writing songs, and I have to be small; I have to make the stories a bit personal.
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Life's not fair, is it? Some of us drink champagne in the fast lane, and some of us eat our sandwiches by the loose chippings on the A597.
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I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual.
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I am not honest.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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As people want to move money around the world, they're going to be moving in and out of bitcoin quickly, but they're still going to own it for some period of time... and the size of that working capital requirement will grow as the global economy grows.
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I have never Twittered or Tweeted or even Chirped.
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Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.
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I know there are some people in British Columbia who are still holding a vigil for '3rd Rock'.
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Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions.
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All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.
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If an alien with an accounting degree touched down in America, it might conclude that we're a weird cult that spends 11 months living frugally and four crazy weeks buying tons of stuff we don't need. It wouldn't be entirely wrong, either.
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Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if you're not careful.
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When Elvis was performing, you just tried to figure out a way to get there. I think he set all the records and anyone that has ever had the good fortune to see him, you know what it's like to try to get in to see Elvis. It was impossible, practically.
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But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
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We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We've been taught that democracy is having elections. And it isn't. Elections are the most horrendous aspect of democracy. It's the most mundane, trivial, disappointing, dirty aspect.
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Love is so unconditional; love liberates; love is the reason why I do what I do, and so I think it is the greatest gift we have.
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Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.
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So much of what I do has been based off of my heroes and guys I've watched come up.
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First of all, I think the situation today is different. We're in a different place than we were in '93, '94.
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So Far,So Good........................So What?
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I wasn't unhappy, but I was a little like: 'Is this it? Really?' I was thirsty.
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I try to make statements that aren't broad because that doesn't make for good writing. I don't get commentary as my job, because I'm not very good at that. The way I do it is by writing songs, and I have to be small; I have to make the stories a bit personal.
