Richard Petty Quotes
Now they're getting so politically correct you can't even stick your tongue out at somebody.
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I knew I was going to be somebody.
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If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have.
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Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
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I was terrified of getting the chemo. It's not pleasant. And the radiation is not pleasant.
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It wasn't until I let go of the idea of the brass ring that it showed up, and fortunately for me, it coincided with getting clean.
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That's all I cared about too, was getting it right.
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But I know somebody who has a bedside urinal. How do I compete with that?
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We're all terminal; none of us are getting out of this alive.
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You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.
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One thing I love to do is produce. I've produced a couple of bands. I mean, nothing ever really happened with 'em, but I enjoy getting a young band into the studio and guiding them, and making them feel at ease.
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My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have.
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How can you train if you're constantly worried about getting injured?
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Getting a tattoo would probably make me cry.
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Then I would have felt sorry for the dear Lord. The theory is correct.
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Iran is not getting rid of any of its nuclear plants. They're not getting rid of anything.
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I hope in general that my music allows somebody to follow what they really like doing.
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There will always be apologists for the powerful and politically connected who commit crimes.
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I think so many women allow themselves to be defined by somebody else's narrative.
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If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
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I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind.
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There is simply no room left for 'freedom from the tyranny of government' since city dwellers depend on it for food, power, water, transportation, protection, and welfare. Your right to live where you want, with companions of your choosing, under laws to which you agree, died in the eighteenth century with Captain Mission. Only a miracle or a disaster could restore it.
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Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is religious doctrine. Believe it only because you yourself know it to be true.
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People who write books - they live in their own world as they're writing. But people who are doing shows or big movies - not only are you writing this world that you're living in, but you're also simultaneously running a circus, and you can kind of start losing your mind like that.
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Now they're getting so politically correct you can't even stick your tongue out at somebody.
