Iris DeMent Quotes
I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.
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I used to kind of go for it, right? Like, I'd be the one who would say, 'All right, there's Kate Moss. I'm going to try to make out with her.'
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The connection I make with being young and growing up is, like, the feeling of not being crushed by the world. Having an idea, thinking you can do it.
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My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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I don't really read 'business books,' and I didn't think 'The Paradox of Choice' was a business book. I'm very surprised and gratified that the business world thought it was one.
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My parents never pressured me to skate. They always said I could quit if I wanted to. They only expected me to skate when they had already paid for the expensive lessons. But, otherwise they said I could do what I wanted to do.
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Who would have ever thought that, within a couple months of getting into the WWE, that I'd be wrestling in the main event for the world championship? Then, nine months after getting here, actually being the world champion.
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It's not the hair on your head that matters. It's the kind of hair you have inside.
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So you've decided to travel around the world. This is an excellent thing to do. It's a precious place, this planet. We should see it.
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The reason why I meditate and pray in general is just to remind myself that it is not about me.
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I feel like trouble has followed me from the day I was born.
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I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.
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I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I am.
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When no one knew who Dana White was... Dana White used to run around with me, hang out with me, and I treated him just like anyone else in my camp.
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I do not follow the rules of fashion, and I don't like to be considered a man of the world of fashion. I like to call it the 'style industry' because we try to work on taste.
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Clarice has a curious chemical reaction to boredom and the result can be similar to dynamite in the hands of a lunatic.
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While growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, I dreamed of becoming many things: an archaeologist, an ambassador, an actor, an author.
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A great thing about kids is they're just themselves and can't help it a lot of the times.
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Imagining the flower-pot attacked itThe kitten flung the violets near and farAnd yet, who knows? This morning, as I backed it,My car was set upon by a parked car.
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No matter whether a person belongs to the upper ranks or the lower, if he has not put his life on the line at least once he has cause for shame.
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I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.
