John Robert Seeley Quotes
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Violence is literally the glue of the cycle of life, and yet I think that we're the only species that does it maliciously.
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Sometimes you've got to know when it's time to leave the party.
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In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores.
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The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.
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Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.
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First time I walked out on the Opry stage, Vince Gill was there. He kind of 'daddied' me through the whole thing. My knees were knocking. I walked out there, and I was literally shaking. They say it's the spirits or the ghosts. And out of respect for that whole establishment, I was really really nervous.
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It's quite a job, so to speak, when you can really be with your child for 21 out of 24 hours.
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The climate at country radio is very, 'Let's keep it up-tempo,' probably best if you're a guy.
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I opened up every can of worms I could. I got to the place where I would peel back one layer, and then another layer, and the stuff that would come up underneath was so inspiring, it made me want to write about it.
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I'd like to do some crazy art installations and design some weird synthesizers and work with other people and make some fun stuff for a bit. Maybe tap into virtual reality stuff or maybe write another record... We'll see.
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Young man, the secret of my success is that at early age I discovered that I was not God.
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When I was five I had violin lessons.
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I have loved eight women in my life. I remember every woman's face.
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The slave girl is reared in an atmosphere of licentiousness and fear.
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When you have a child victim, I don't think cameras should be in the courtroom, ever.
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I can say I'd honestly rather be happy than have 30 to 40 songs that I've written about these thrilling, exciting, horrible, unhappy times.
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Nothing happens unless first we dream.
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I love crop tops and love the way Taylor Swift teams them. Her style is relaxed; I can relate to it.
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Fans are awesome.
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How do you defend inaction in the face of crisis? How is that defensible for anybody?
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There's little money in theatre.
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With Jane Birkin, we had a scene from a film called Jane B. by Agnès V. - a portrait I made in '87. We had a casino scene, surrealistic, in which we had some naked people gambling. Jane Birkin was the card dealer and I was the player. I had beautiful jewelery around me, and when I lost I would take the jewelery and say, Service - being very generous, because it was very expensive jewelery. I would say, Tip.
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Why is it that all those who have become eminent in philosophy, politics, poetry, or the arts are clearly of an atrabilious temperament and some of them to such an extent as to be affected by diseases caused by black bile?
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No virtue is safe that is not enthusiastic.
