Merle Travis Quotes
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I think in a play it's wise to just sit back and watch other actors and be able to shape it from the audience.
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Behaviour arises from the level of one's consciousness.
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I remember praying for peace all the time as a kid.
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The idea is a straightforward one. We provide an account for every newborn in America, a $500 account.
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Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
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All the criticism and all of the praise, it doesn't - it's not worth the salt that goes on my bread, because TV is fickle. You can be loved one day and hated the next day. One day, you're getting an award. And the next day, you're getting a death threat.
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I don't think I ever thought of growing up to be anything other than a musician. There really wasn't a plan B. Well, a kind of a distant plan B was to be a Formula One driver, but there really wasn't an entry point.
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I think younger readers connect so readily to animal characters because they share a certain vulnerability, particularly when it comes to adult humans, who can be a rather unpredictable lot.
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Sometimes I hate a shoe in seconds.
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I used to have a rant all the time when things went wrong, at everybody around me, because you just have to get the frustration out.
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I try to get to the gym whenever I can, eat healthy, mostly protein and vegetables, avoid processed sugar and minimize carbs, but I don't feel like I need to go crazy if I want pasta now and then.
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All we ever intended for him or expected of him was that he should continue to make people everywhere chuckle with him and at him. We didn't burden him with any social symbolism, we made him no mouthpiece for frustrations or harsh satire. Mickey was simply a little personality assigned to the purposes of laughter.
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Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know - I've been using it for years.
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God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness.
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Neither I nor anyone else knows what a standard is. We all recognize a dishonorable act, but have no idea what honor is.
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Rich people in one country don't act the same as rich people in another country.
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I must've got whacked on the head. He presented a totally false person for me to fall in love with.
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I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda.
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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.
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Engvall: Yesterday, my son was out in the yard playing with his friend, and he hit his friend. I walked up to him, and I said, 'Hey...' (pantomimes hitting his son) 'We don't hit'. He looked at me like, 'Here's your sign, Dad'.
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Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic.
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I have known the fruits of strikes. The bitter and the sweet. Hunger and music.
