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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Listen, I'm not a rich kid. I'm a cultured kid; I'm very rich in culture.
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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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This is something you can never erase. It leaves a scar on you.
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When I was a teenager, I went to Europe on a backpacking trip by myself, and I met a woman who was following Sebadoh. It was the early 1990s, and that was my introduction to indie rock.
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If I had a partner who asked when I was going to the gym or commented that I was eating too much or asked if I really needed an extra potato, that would make me feel awful. It would be terrible.
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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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We're not eliminated till we're eliminated. I just feel good about not being eliminated. We get to live another day.
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Void is contract made in fear.
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Co-operation, like other difficult things, can be learned only by practice: and to be capable of it in great things, a people must be gradually trained to it in small. Now the whole course of advancing civilization is a series of such training.
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If you see me coming, better step aside. A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died.
