Earl Scruggs Quotes
I know she would want me to still do what I'm doing, because she kept me going a lot of times when I'd almost lose interest in getting out on the road.
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I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.
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I felt pressure to follow in Madonna's footsteps, and I didn't want to base my career on sex. So I began to change how I saw myself.
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We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it's the only place it's played in the world.
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I just like to stay a little quiet and just do my own thing. If I win a little more, I think I'll get a little bit more attention.
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If I am honest, my food is actually quite far removed from both the food of my mother and my father.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.
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I don't do the gym and I don't diet. I'm vegetarian but I don't diet.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
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While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April, the fact is that job creation during this recovery period has significantly lagged both historical experience in recovery, and the projections of the Bush Administration.
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I just don't think the title 'MJ's daughter' fits me.
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When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
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The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.
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The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
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I think with world building, it's important to create a sense of culture even if it is just a fantasy, and the best way to do that is to look at a real human culture and see what makes it cohesive.
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Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.
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I know actors who court personal publicity because they believe no publicity is bad publicity.
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It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.
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When hands are joined, no one can point fingers.
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And if you're horrible to me I'm going to write a song about you and you are not going to like it. That's how I operate.
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I know she would want me to still do what I'm doing, because she kept me going a lot of times when I'd almost lose interest in getting out on the road.
