James Cecil Dickens ('Little' Jimmy Dickens) Quotes
By the by, who ever knew a man who never read or wrote neither who hadn't got some small back parlour which he would call a study!
Quotes to Explore
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Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.
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Be it a village or a city, education is very important, and it always comes into you.
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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I bought a girl roses once.
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Fun is carefree. I am not carefree.
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Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
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An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.
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Marriage has always been a state and local issue.
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You mustn't upstage the bride.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ran Chicago, we had our own territory now. All the stores, all the crime, we were in charge of everything, my stepbrother and my brother.
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When I was very young, I wanted to be a girl. I was jealous that girls got to be princesses and wear skirts. It tormented me. When I was 6, I even heard that you could change your sex, and I was very intrigued until the moment I realized that if I changed into a girl, I would be an ugly girl, and this is the last thing I wanted to be.
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Your connections to all the things around you literally define who you are.
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I was born in Argentina where polo is popular, and my father always loved horses, so he encouraged me to play. He's the main reason I started to play polo and get involved with the sport.
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Son, give 'em a good show, and always travel first class.
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I am a very selfish person.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
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Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
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The state of mind which enables a man to do work of this kind is akin to that of the religious worshiper or the lover; the daily effort comes from no deliberate intention or program, but straight from the heart.
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Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying, 'That's nice.'
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By the by, who ever knew a man who never read or wrote neither who hadn't got some small back parlour which he would call a study!
