Michael Nesmith Quotes
James McMurtry is a true Americana poet - actually he is a poet regardless of genre...
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Everybody feels better about himself, his community, and his country if employers are paying workers well. Economics, though, teaches that if every employer is pressured to raise wages, some labor will be priced out of the market.
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Life is not always not always what one wants it to be., but to make the best of it as it is the only way of being happy.
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When I dealt with set theory, I could never make it be the music that I wanted.
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I love how easy it is to run my business, Writing Workshops Los Angeles, with the help of email and my website. I love that I don't have to use cuneiform, a quill, or a typewriter to write my novels - I love to write on my laptop!
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Working in a bar was a horrific idea for me.
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I was born in Burnsville, Minnesota, and raised in Eagan, which is right by Burnsville. I've been in that area my whole life.
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It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.
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I'm excited about 'Luke Cage' with Michael Colter, who plays Luke Cage. I play the villain, Cottonmouth. It takes place in Harlem. It'll just be amazing for people to get to see an African-American superhero, which there weren't any when I was growing up.
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Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing you can't hear, and not bothering.
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The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.
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I'm sure that had I not been a coach, I would have been some form of a teacher.
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We put forth proposals. They are still on the table, ... They have yet properly to be considered by the other side.
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I was a child, and my mother was psychotic. She loved me, but I didn't really feel I had a mother. And when you live with somebody who is paranoid and thinks you're trying to kill them all the time, you tend to feel a little betrayed.
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I don't like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight...I've always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.
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We are all guilty in someone's eyes. More so our own.
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You kinda got to embrace expectations, but it's not something I pay attention to.
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Tobacco is the only excuse for Columbus's misadventure in discovering America.
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The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
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One of my favorites of all time was with Jim Jarmusch, called 'Dead Man.' I was in that with Johnny Depp. I ride really well, and I shoot a gun really well. I love the genre. Once I did Westerns, I was hooked.
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I'd probably say to my younger self, get yourself a whole collection of lawyers. Which is what I have now.
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James McMurtry is a true Americana poet - actually he is a poet regardless of genre...
