Carlene Carter Quotes
I challenged myself to carry on the style of guitar that my grandmother did: the Carter scratch.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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The way I create music is maybe like a painting, to compose in a more visual way. Basically it's the music that I want to hear- that's my inspiration and bottom line. I just try to get ideas from books, movies, paintings.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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The wretched and miserable would rise into plenty of joy and happiness as soon as they climb the steps of my mosque.
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Cottonmouth is the result of having to react to his circumstances. He had to, in some ways, take control of the situation and own his circumstances. But as a result of that, he became a person he didn't intend to become.
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In reality, throughout your career, you have to make yourself interesting enough for people to be waiting to see your films. In my case, people are longing to see what I come out with next. That's my success.
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The world is too violent right now.
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It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil.
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Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
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If I had my way, I wouldn't be sharing my personal life online. I'm a private person. At home, I don't wander around shirtless, flexing my muscles. I roam around unshaven, with my hair disheveled. Unfortunately, people perceive you differently. It's okay; they're free to speculate.
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My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can.
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When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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I have to remind myself constantly that people actually want to hear the music I've made; that's hard for me to digest. I think a live audience is the only tangible evidence you can have that your work is making an impact. It's really humbling.
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Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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You help families focus on the future through their children.
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Grandfather was an old-fashioned pharmacist who never ceased venting his resentment at the growing number of retail items the drugstore had to carry, and he would go into periods of fearful rage when the subject of chain stores was raised.
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I was looking for the people who were making the music inside the cabinet. I would look in there and see if I could find somebody who was making all this wonderful music.
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I play blues old-timey style.
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I challenged myself to carry on the style of guitar that my grandmother did: the Carter scratch.
