John Fahey Quotes
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As an artist, I can't be responsible for how people interpret material.
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You learn so much about yourself as an artist. I never would have thought that I could sing every night, you know? Travel and perform every single night, and travel to another city the next day and do it all over again? You learn a lot of new things about yourself, and you make a lot of connections with people.
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One thing I've learned is that I'm not the owner of my talent; I'm the manager of it.
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Every friendship is different because everyone's personality is different.
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So struggling for work here has been very good for me, but it's also been very hard to handle rejection.
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I don't think I understand the concept of regret. Because if I regret anything, that would mean, like, I hate myself.
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An EMP explosion would wipe out our grid, wipe out our cellular system.
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But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts out of the fire of contradiction. Their real troubles lie elsewhere.
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I'm always interested in challenging myself and pushing and seeing how far I can go.
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You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which 'clicks.'
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It's funny because I grew up with the T.V. on 24 hours a day. And the more money I made, the more T.V.s we had.
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There are some different things I'm writing and developing, but I don't know where they'll go. They're fun stuff that I would be in and are written in my voice, for me.
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Life is all about the friendship and the love and the music. It sounds silly, but it is. I want to have that experience as much as I can as an adult, not as a kid doing something that people are telling her she has to do. If anyone gets in my way, I'm going to get them out of my way.
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If you have 'too big to fail' for cities or for states, and they believe they'll be bailed out, they'll continue to make unwise decisions.
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I do believe that there will be a clash between East and West. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation. I believe that there will be that kind of clash, but I don't think that it will be based upon the color of the skin….
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If you like what you are writing, just write. Try to keep going before you stop to take a break. Keep going back before too much time has passed. And just stay with it.
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I don't wanna get rich - just live good.
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I succeeded by saying what everyone else is thinking.
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I've always been pretty levelheaded. In show business, you need to have a certain internal stability.
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I've dated girls and I always wait for that one right time to kiss. I don't kiss on the first date, so I'll take a girl out to dinners, and we'll go bowling, and I make sure to charm them before I do it.
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Now I love to feel that warm southern rain, Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding thing. And to see it fall on your simple country dress It's like heaven to me I must confess.
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There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating.
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Well folks, that's about it for the show tonight.
