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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Filmmaking is a business and at the bottom line people who don't make fiscally responsible decisions end up going into another line of work.
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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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There were periods of my life when a lot of people didn't believe in me. I still had faith in myself. I really had to ask myself life questions. Where do I see myself in five years? Create a ladder for yourself, and walk up the steps. Climb that ladder.
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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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If today I have to make a political statement, it is, 'I love beauty.' I think beauty makes people better.
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I would want my legacy to be that I was a great son, father and friend.
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My grandmother had a lilac bush at her home in Long Island. I always associate the scent of it with her and try to have lilacs in my home.
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In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right.
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We don't wear sequins because we think we're great. We wear them because we think sequins are great.
