Steve Earle Quotes
What's important is you wake up in the morning and something doesn't exist, and when you finish you day's work something is in the world that wasn't there before.
Quotes to Explore
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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Pay attention to the big themes because that's what will help you earn ten times your money.
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Today, I marvel at the vegan foods in the supermarket, at the cruelty-free clothing choices in stores, and at the fantastic alternatives to dissection in schools, the modern ways to test medicines without killing rabbits and beagles, the many forms of entertainment involving purely human performers.
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Protecting eagles from the threat of extinction is a conservation success story that we must prudently safeguard for future generations to come.
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I couldn't care less what anyone's 'perception' of me is. I'm too long in the tooth to care.
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I am determined to live without illusions. I want to look at reality straight. Without hiding.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it.
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We cannot disguise hostility towards any religion behind the pretence of liberalism.
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The most important images for human beings are simply words, which are abstract symbols. ...Evolution has greatly enlarged the front lobes of the human brain, which govern the sense of the past and the future; and... they are probably the seat of our other images.
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Naqi suspected that the ability to turn drunkenness on and off like a switch must be one of the most hallowed of diplomatic skills.
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I remember watching 'EastEnders' as a kid with my mum, and even my dad would be gripped by the odd episode. So to think I would be part of the show was a strange feeling at first.
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White supremacy is not just a social arrangement: it is a race-based faith.
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There's something about the rhythm of walking, how, after about an hour and a half, the mind and body can't help getting in sync.
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I have a family I love. They tend to say, 'Great job!' Or 'You work really hard! Good for you!' Or 'You look nice today!' Or 'Don't be ridiculous, order the fries!' Or 'You are hilarious.' That's all the family I need.
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When you're in a situation that is foreign to you, you just have to pull yourself together and adapt.
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I think there is a lot of good in making the All-Star Team. People look at your career a little bit differently.
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I fell in love with L.A. To me, it is the most quintessentially American city.
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I've worked in two public school districts, Minneapolis and Baltimore, one as a senior leader. And while we might not always have agreed with the union, and we might have had deep differences, they came to the table.
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Simon Monjack had nothing to do with 'Factory Girl.' He filed a frivolous lawsuit against us... making bogus claims that we had stolen his script. He held us literally to hostage and we were forced to settle with him as he held our production over a barrel.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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What's important is you wake up in the morning and something doesn't exist, and when you finish you day's work something is in the world that wasn't there before.
