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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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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It’s the art-magazine ‘Circle’ been reprinted and it’s now referred to as classic. Well it is. But w:Ben Nicholson, Sir Leslie Martin, Gabo and Leslie Martin’s wife, Sadie Speaight, and I did that. We were sitting round the fire and we said, ‘Why shouldn’t we do a book?’ And so we started and now it’s a classic and referred to as such.
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Sol remembered the dream, remembered his daughter’s hug, and realized that in the end-when all else is dust-loyalty to those we love is all we can carry with us to the grave.
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Lord I love my man, tell the world I do I love my man, tell the world I do But when he mistreats me Makes me feel so blue.
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Melancholy sees the worst of things,-things as they may be, and not as they are. It looks upon a beautiful face, and sees but a grinning skull.
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With Ghost Tunes, you just try to do what's right. And what's right is whatever the copyright owner wants to do with their music, they do it.
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When I was a kid, my parents gave me piano lessons and guitar lessons for a while, but I was never very good at it. I have big, sort of awkward hands. It's hard to keep going when you don't get any better.
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No virtue is safe that is not enthusiastic.
