Ernest Jennings Ford (Tennessee Ernie Ford) Quotes
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I was doing a scene in a medical tent in 18th-century battle dress, pantaloons and a ripped shirt, and the guy from the crew kept asking me if I was OK, if I was too cold. I told him, 'Are you kidding? I'm from Wales!'
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So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.
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It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
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I've lived my life the way I wanted to, whether scaling the mountains, partying long into the night or having fun playing soccer.
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I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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In all these years, I've understood one thing: that it's only your work that should do all the talking.
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Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.
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In India, you see the way they embrace color in the culture - it's very celebratory of the existence of color. There's no rule of what color belongs together or doesn't belong together. They're not precious about it. It's very full-on.
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The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.
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It is a tomb, most famous of the Mughals, whose empire flourished in India between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, enshrining the remains of the fifth emperor of the dynasty, w:Shah Jahan|Shah Jehan| and those of his second wife Mumtaz Mahal. She died before him and construction of the complex began immediately.
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It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence it must from time to time be present.
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My idea is that artists should make their music available for free, and fans should only pay for it if they really like it.
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Entrepreneurs almost always have to step out of existing institutions that embody old ways of doing things to build their vision.
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Swanky means classy and funky.
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The French-Cajun culture is similar to mine - they're Catholic, they play accordions, and they eat hot chiles.
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Novelists don't age as quickly as philosophers, who often face professional senility in their late twenties.
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There's no doubt about Prakash's abilities as a director.
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. . . 'there's allays two 'pinions; there's the 'pinion a man has of himsen, and there's the 'pinion other folks have on him. There'd be two 'pinions about a cracked bell, if the bell could hear itself.'
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In a new friend we start life anew, for we create a new edition of ourselves and so become,for the time being, a new creature.
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You know nothing of war. War is dark. Black as pitch. It is not a God. It does not laugh or weep. It rewards neither skill nor daring. It is not a trial of souls, not the measure of wills. Even less is it a tool, a means to some womanish end. It is merely the place where the iron bones of the earth meet the hollow bones of men and break them.
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If you see me coming, better step aside. A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died.
