Billy Joe Shaver Quotes
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And I think maybe all women, if they just had a chance, would be romantic and believe in love and not sex. And men believe in sex and not love.
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Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted.
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I am an analog, slide-rule kind of guy.
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People do not want words - they want the sound of battle - the battle of destiny.
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When I was a kid it was big news when someone flew around the world in a little aeroplane, but nobody cared when I did it. Then, to rub salt into my wounds, the customs people ripped my aeroplane to pieces, looking for stuff.
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On my foot it says, 'The best is yet to come,' and that's there because I really believe it.
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Well Im back in your good graces again Remember when you told me that I was your only friend?
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Between 'there is a God' and 'there is no God' lies a whole vast tract, which the really wise man crosses with great effort. A Russian knows one or other of these two extremes, and the middle tract between them does not interest him; and therefore he usually knows nothing, or very little. (Diary, 1897)
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Maybe baby I'll have you,Maybe baby you'll be true.Maybe baby I'll have you for me. (All for me)It's funny honey you don't care-a-are,You never listen to my prayer-a-yer,Maybe baby you will love me someday (someday).
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One of the differences between HBO and other television is that they demand the same coverage that you would have in a feature film. We need to have all the shots in order to make it as rich and as stunning as it looks. We can't cut any corners.
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You don't buy experience at the pharmacy. You acquire it through games over time. Every player must go through that, but when the federation hired me, they told me they wanted new players and young players who will prepare for the future.
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One of the great things about history is that it sort of isn't a done deal - ever. The historical texts and the historical evidence that you use is always somehow giving you different answers because you're asking it different questions.
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Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.
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Writers often feel obliged to adopt some sort of public appearance.
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Somewhere in my wildest childhood I must have done something right. Being able to make a boyhood dream come true is one thing, but to have a kid come along and thrill his dad like Brett Hull has thrilled me over his career is too much for one guy to handle.
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Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it is as unfair as only sport can be.
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When I was working, there was no digital. We actually worked; we used Polaroids.
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We are in a war on terrorism. We need to conduct that war and take it to the terrorists, not here at home.
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I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession.
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The guy who sits in front of the TV set with headphones on has lost the capacity to react to the tactile environment.
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Caves so often symbolize rebirth. It's a hidden space, an expected, inscrutable space. Strange things live in there - eyeless salamanders, albino fish, a prophet's epiphanies.
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Sex appeal is not on purpose.
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I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday).
