Jean Stafford Quotes
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.
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I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
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When I'm not touring, I hardly ever leave my house. Part of it is I get to do what I'm most passionate about, which is work on music and make new songs.
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I've always wanted to be someone with credibility, and I want my food to speak for myself.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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One of the things I took from my wartime experiences was that reality was a stage set... the comfortable day-to-day life, school, the home where one lives and all the rest of it... could be dismantled overnight.
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I maintain music is not here to make us forget about life. It's also here to teach us about life: the fact that everything starts and ends, the fact that every sound is in danger of disappearing, the fact that everything is connected - the fact that we live and we die.
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Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?
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How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.
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I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.
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I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.
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Watching game film motivates me a lot. It shows me what I need to work on and determines the specific workouts I do.
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Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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The song 'Take This Job and Shove It' spent 18 weeks on the country charts in 1977. 1970s country music fans had a clearer understanding of the ennui of wage-slavery than modern elites.
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When I was a teenager, the actors I was really into were Mickey Rourke and Sean Penn. I saw 'Rumble Fish' on my 16th birthday, and around the same time, it was 'Falcon and the Snowman' and 'Bad Boys' from Sean Penn.
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In essence, the Thai people are not materialistic at all. They're not in the least driven by the kind of ambition that drives us. The more I got to know them, and the more time I spent with them, the more I understood that this was a totally legitimate attitude to life, and why not?
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I am a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino, who takes time to figure out what his next movie is.
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When the mountain streams are frozen and the Nor'land winds are out; when the winter winds are drifting the bitter sleet and snow; when winter rains are making out-of-door life unendurable; when season, weather and law combine to make it "close time" for beast, bird and man, it is well that a few congenial spirits should, at some favorite trysting place, gather around the glowing stove and exchange yarns, opinions and experiences.
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From time to time, I need a rest from the exercitation of my intellect.
