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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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 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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I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful.
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Liberty is to be subserved, whatever occurs.
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I don't know a soul who doesn't maintain two separate lists of doctrines - the ones that they believe that they believe; and the ones that they actually try to live by.
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Among the friends of Union, there is great diversity of sentiment and of policy in regard to slavery and the African race among us.
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When people start comparing him with (Michael) Jordan then that's not a fair comparison. Jordan was a far more superior player in a very tough league, he was very creative. That's not taking away anything from LeBron because he is a great player, but it is not a fair comparison because Jordan is a far superior player.
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We don't wear sequins because we think we're great. We wear them because we think sequins are great.
