Michael Learned Quotes
All of us from The Waltons still love each other. I think were closer than some real families.
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'Hannity' had a a guy on that said, 'I fathered 20 kids by 14 mothers.' That is s cultural issue which has demeaned our society and has caused our society dearly in terms of imprisonment. Who's going to be the fathers to those children? Who's going to pay child support?
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
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I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.
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It's interesting, because I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named after my mom because I felt like I learned all my creative talents I learned from her. All the survival stuff, too. And then the next album is 'Maya,' which is not my real name. It's fake.
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I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it.
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I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
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I hear my songs being sung by females before I change them and make them into my voice.
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If you don't learn constantly, you don't grow, and you will wither. Too many people wither on the vine. Sure, it gets a little harder as you get older, but new experiences and new challenges keep it fresh.
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My clerkship with Justice Douglas was tremendously important. He told me, Christopher, get out into the stream of history and see what happens. I've tried to follow that advice.
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It's possible for people to gain control of every facet of your life.
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Breathe through your movements.
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I think the only time that I worry about looking good is on the red carpet.
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Seriously, however, I learn a lot about my physical life in the aging and changing of my body.
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I was quite happy with the way I went, I think.
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In America, you keep on hearing productivity is low; secular stagnation, it's a new normal. It's just not true: We've had multiple wars; we're not educating our kids. We had government shut downs, badly-spent money, failures in the health system, failures and an extreme amount of regulation - that's why we're going slow.
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I like Adele, Mika, Natacha Atlas and a beautiful old record, 'An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri,' starring Harry Belafonte and Nana Mouskouri. What they have in common is they all have incredible voices. I am very much into voices. I would say I'm a fan of voices, not of sound. I'm a fan of singers, not of bands.
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My guess is many top athletes, distance runners included, use performance-enhancing drugs, enough so that the problem must be tackled.
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To see your dad cry is like - It's different than to see your mom cry, you know?
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My weak spot is laziness. Oh, I have a lot of weak spots: cookies, croissants.
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I have a master chief that always said, punch and run.
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You got a resident corner here... Shit-down corner. Now it's gotta be one or the other. If you ain't gotta tackle, you'd better cover. If you ain't gotta cover, you'd better tackle. THEY AIN'T DOIN' NOTHING EITHER
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Advertising is the fuel of enterprise.
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All of us from The Waltons still love each other. I think were closer than some real families.
