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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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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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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You pick projects for the part, the director, and the script. I just want to do different, interesting stuff.
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I did some research into domestic violence, and there were some stories that will stay me with forever.
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Most of the times to be honest with you, I get sexually harassed certainly more than I do to females, because... they are comfortable with me, and because they know I can't take it to a dangerous place.
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When evil men destroy, good men must build and bind.
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We do not want a united Germany. This would lead to a change to postwar borders, and we cannot allow that because such a development would undermine the stability of the whole international situation and could endanger our security.
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That's my proudest accomplishment: that I don't feel like a grown-up.
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So one day, in a fit of trying to do something different, I just dyed my hair dark brown and got my first role a week later, after which I thought: 'People are closed-minded, man! Like a different hair colour changes everything!'
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I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday).
