Steve Earle Quotes
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I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.
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The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.
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There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams.
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I don't believe in regret.
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And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.
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Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in.
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I do believe in the separation of church and state. But I don't think separation of church and state means you have to be free from your faith.
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Republicans believe largely in the market working, Democrats believe stereotypically that you've got to give people something. So why not give people a chance to let the market work for them.
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I firmly believe that emotions are universal, and I know that when they connect with the audience, it works. There is no such thing as an entertaining or a serious film; there are good films and bad films. Good films will always find a vast audience.
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We cannot always choose the vocation to which we believe we are called. Our social relations, to some extent, have already begun to form before we are in a position to determine them.
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Reality is not exhausted by knowledge. Inaccessible to research are the ultimate facts. All scientific conclusions are based on axioms, all reasoning depends ultimately upon faith. Faith is virgin thinking, preceding all transcendent knowledge. To believe is to abide at the extremities of spirit.
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I believe I was a codependent out of the womb and have been struggling to free myself from its vice-like grip for many, many years.
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I believe we're all endowed with a very small set of narrow skills that make us unique. You've got to find what that is. Most often what you truly understand makes you unique is something that you're also going to build passion around.
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I believe I am more conservative than Bob Dole; I believe I am more committed to fundamentally changing American government than Bob Dole.
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I believe when there are so many forces pulling our society apart, we need more commitment to marriage, not less.
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I believe that human beings are desperate, always, to belong to something larger than themselves.
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I don't believe in voodoo.
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You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves.
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People go to Disney because they know its brand attributes. We believe we have an opportunity to go with our content directly to consumers.
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Today, only two groups in the United States have total immunity from lawsuits: foreign diplomats and HMOs. We believe it's time to end diplomatic immunity for HMOs. Holding them accountable is the only way to guarantee that you get the health care your family deserves.
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I think that, unfortunately, it appears that Donald Trump is trampling all over the Constitution.
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Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement. Think on paper and write them down!
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No one should be left to suffer alone.
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Woody Guthrie was what folks who don't believe in anything would call an anomaly.
