Johnny Van Zant Quotes
If people can't relate to something, there's no use of the song being there.
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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I like walking in Golden Gate Park.
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It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.
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Being the vice-captain, you see a lot of things on the field. You have to try and help the captain as much as you can and lead by example on the field. Small things like getting a run-out or taking a catch makes the other boys try and lift their standards. So yes, I do have an important role, even if I'm not captain.
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A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement.
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A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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The one thing that I've always kind of had, ever since I was a kid, was that I lack a certain degree of self-consciousness, which is alternately good and bad.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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Tennis is definitely a star for women in sports.
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Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
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I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two.
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I invite people to read the hundreds of positive articles instead of getting affected by the occasional outburst from a troll.
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I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.
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I feel I should be trying to complete my life, whatever 'completing a life' means.
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The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.
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I spent four years doing a doctorate in postmodern American literature. I can recognize it when I see it.
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If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.
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Sometimes touring can warp reality because you're never in one place long enough to get a feel for it. You don't interact with people long enough to know what real life is. That's why a lot of artists write songs about longing and missing people when they're on the road. I do my best to keep my mind open and I read a lot when I'm on tour, so I hope I have good things to write about. I'm constantly in the songwriting process.
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Fifteen millions of soldiers with popguns and horses All bent upon killing, because their "of courses" Are not quite the same.
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We had this thing at Stanford called the 'Campus Loop,' and then we had another run called 'The Dish,' and you'd run up to this giant satellite dish, which was probably extremely unhealthy. I would do those two runs, and I just found it so therapeutic. My girlfriends and I would have these great conversations about guys and school and life.
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Since I do not forsee that atomic energy is to be a great boon for a long time, I have to say that for the present it is a menace. Perhaps it is well that it should be. It may intimidate the human race into bringing order into its international affairs, which, without the presence of fear, it would not do.
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If people can't relate to something, there's no use of the song being there.
