Jimmy Swaggart Quotes
I feel like it's my responsibility and my obligation to stand up and to say that which I believe to be the truth.
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Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.
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When I was maybe 22, 23 years old or so, I was sort of floating in between New Japan, Ring of Honor, TNA - not really committed to one place.
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'Metals' has partly been about me regaining my self respect and I feel like I'm growing the muscles I want to grow again.
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I didn't grow up listening to The Smiths, but now I am a fan. I love his music and listened to so much of it for the film. It's not a regular biopic; they picked a part of his life that people don't really know about. You learn what informs his lyrics.
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Socialism is simply Communism for people without the testosterone to man the barricades.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.
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For me, writing about hotels is like writing about being in a parallel universe. The sense of voyeurism, and the sense of removedness, and there are all these people silently above you and next to you.
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To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore.
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I just do whatever I do, and put it out there without tryin' to cater to anybody. If you like it, you like it.
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When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.
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A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.
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The most important days, more than any Grammy award thing or anything, is the day that you're responsible for snacks after the game.
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Depending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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However wack anyone thought 'Whatzupwitu' was, there's not a lot of people that have footage of themselves dancing around in the clouds with Michael Jackson. I do have that forever.
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I always give the encore over to chaos, so people can yell out requests and I can hack my way through a song that I don't really know anymore.
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Character is the starting point from which we go on. When I say a man has character, I mean that when you go to that man and say, 'What are the facts in this case?' he will tell you the truth, justly, truly, and wisely as he knows, with the minimum of exhibitionism and the maximum of devotion to the common cause.
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I'm not reinventing the wheel here. I'm not Chuck Berry or Bill Monroe. Guys like that are from outer space.
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My duty is not affected by what others may or may not do to discharge their own.
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I believe in being an innovator.
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I feel like it's my responsibility and my obligation to stand up and to say that which I believe to be the truth.
