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 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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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 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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Government health care changes the relationship between the citizen and the state, and, in fact, I think it's an assault on citizenship.
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The Hanoverian knew the cavalry was no danger. It was the infantry, the unstoppable red-jacketed infantry, that was going to beat him ... He stared at the 78th and he reckoned that no force on earth could stop such men. 'The best damn infantry on earth. Watch them! You'll not see better fighting men while you live!'
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I grew up cursing a lot.
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I grew up a child of Watergate. It gave me a good dose of skepticism about authority. One of my favorite movies is 'All the President's Men.' Woodward and Bernstein, those guys were my heroes. I have a degree in journalism.
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Women are more emotional than men, so they must attach emotion to their memories.
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My father was short for a man, with a child's plaything for a name - Spinner. He had flawless dark brown skin and a head full of big, wet-looking curls, black as oil. And he had the smile of a scoundrel - the kind of smile that disarmed men and undressed women.
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Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession.
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If you see me coming, better step aside. A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died.
