J. Frank Dobie Quotes
A man from Iowa or Illinois will say 'I'm from the Middle West'..a Georgian or a Mississipian may admit to being merely a Southerner...but no Texan, given the opportunity, ever said otherwise than 'I'm from Texas'.
Quotes to Explore
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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Archery is not a sport for everyone. The equipment costs a lot, and it is not easy for everyone to find a place to play. It is perhaps similar to golf, but of course there are more golf courses than archery fields.
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There is a degree of confidence exhibited towards strangers in Sweden, especially in hotels, at post-stations, and on board the inland steamers, which tells well for the general honesty of the people.
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As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don't get out of bed.
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Unfortunately, music devolved instead of evolved. The music business got into the hands of lawyers and accountants rather than the entrepreneurial creative people, and that's when the beginning of the end started. It's all based on money instead of art and creativity.
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Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?
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I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
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You don't see many Jon Jones's.
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What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second.
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In the spring of 1993, I married Beverly and moved to the woods. This is something I could never have imagined myself doing.
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Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
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I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.
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In fitness, there are no short cuts. It involves immense discipline and hard work.
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You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism – so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving.
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When you don't know what the band looks like, it puts the emphasis on thinking and taking the music and message more seriously.
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Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.
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When India got independence, entrepreneurs were seen as a bad lot, as people who would exploit.
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I hate to wait. When I want something, I want it now.
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I just love expanding my horizons and growing as an artist. The only way you get to do that is by doing something that scares you or takes you out of your comfort zone.
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You need not search for the compassionate mind from outside. To know yourself, to know your nature, your mind will automatically be the compassionate one.
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Patronage is the sword and cannon by which war may be made on the liberty of the human race.
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I don't think I possess any skill that anyone else doesn't have. I've just had perhaps more of an opportunity, more of an exposure, and been fortunate to survive a lot of situations that many other weren't so lucky to make it. It's not how close can you get to the ground, but how precise can you fly the airplane. If you feel so careless with you life that you want to be the world's lowest flying aviator you might do it for a while. But there are a great many former friends of mine who are no longer with us simply because they cut their margins to close.
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I eat healthy, but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy myself. I eat ice cream and chocolate, as my metabolism is pretty fast because I work out so much.
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A man from Iowa or Illinois will say 'I'm from the Middle West'..a Georgian or a Mississipian may admit to being merely a Southerner...but no Texan, given the opportunity, ever said otherwise than 'I'm from Texas'.
