Ingram Cecil Connor III (Gram Parsons) Quotes
We don't wear sequins because we think we're great. We wear them because we think sequins are great.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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I used to think drinking was the only way to be happy. Now I know there is no way to be happy.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.
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And now I have a big house, nice clothes and I travel in first class and I love it, so maybe it's time to enjoy being a star.
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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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Look: I don't want to live with a nuclear Iran. I would like to make it uncomfortable for them to seek it.
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When you're young you don't think, 'This person is going to change your life.' But when you start recording your own songs, it comes back and reminds you.
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I have a difficult time sitting down for long periods.
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Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
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I just would like to be challenged. I want to push myself to the limit, and constantly challenge myself and grow as an artist. That's where I want to go. Explore different things, different characters, in film, and just everything!
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I feel like I'm a New Yorker because I really know the city. I actually tell the drivers where to go - I have this bad habit, I always question the drivers. I do that all the time because I feel like I know the best way, when really it's like, 'Yo, man, shut up. This dude does this every day of his life.'
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We know that if religion is allowed into schools, pupils will sometimes begin to question the teaching they receive.
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I've eaten sheep's eyes, the still hot meat from a zebra killed by a lion, and maggots which give you 70 calories to the ounce.
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I don't have any reason to hate anybody; I believe in good karma and spreading good energy.
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My father was a painter and he taught art. He once said to me, 'I never knew an Indian child who could not draw.'
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Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God.
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War is a great asshole magnet.
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Providing great schooling is the single most important thing we can do to help any child from a disadvantaged background succeed. It's also the single most important thing we can do to boost the long-term productivity of our economy.
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As Americans, we have the right to decide who lives within our borders, and we can't let unscrupulous employers to undercut honest business owners by exploiting cheap labor.
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We don't wear sequins because we think we're great. We wear them because we think sequins are great.
