Jerry Jeff Walker Quotes
I always liked having a good time. I got into this business because I got fired from any job I ever had because I stayed out late playing music.
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Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City and see 10 different hairstyles that Black women are wearing: straight curls, short cuts, braids - we really run the gamut.
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In vast parts of the world, people don't eat meat.
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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The United States is a low-trade - low-tariff country.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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I always knew when I graduated from high school, I'd go to college. I never thought about what I was walking away from... I just wanted to study literature and writing.
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Remember daydreams? No, of course you don't. How could you? Three new text messages have just arrived, and another three, in a moment, will go out.
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No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded.
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I don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.
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But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust, so I'm just living up to my reputation.
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If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self - himself - he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.
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Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.
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Every time I open a child's head and see a brain, I marvel at the mystery: This is what makes every one of us who we are. This is what hold all our memories, all our thoughts, all our dreams. This is what makes us different from each other in millions of ways.
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I don't believe in updating. If a play works, it draws something from being true to its time.
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I wanna go south and get some more. Hey, they say that a stitch in time saves nine, they say I better stop or I'll go blind.
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I always liked having a good time. I got into this business because I got fired from any job I ever had because I stayed out late playing music.
