Chip Taylor Quotes
These butterflies are the symbol of richness of biological diversity and marvelous scientific aspect.
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There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself.
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My work is not so much a direct commentary as it is an open-ended observation of the absurdities around us.
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Los Angeles is a really strange place. I grew up there like a normal kid, but it was not until I experienced other parts of the world that I realized how really and truly bizarre to the core it is - inside the homes of the powerful and damaged.
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My mom bought me a white Strat, but that wasn't what I wanted, so I went to a guitar store in Cleveland and - the guy told me it was a really good deal - made an even swap for a blue Teisco Del Ray. I loved that guitar and used it a bunch.
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I look for someone whose upbringing was somewhat similar to mine because they can understand me - love for the family and everything else. You see someone's relationship with their parents, and you realize what that person's going to be like as a parent.
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You have to think hard with a tattoo. 'What will I love for the rest of my life?'
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Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
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I've always found the rain very calming.
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You have seeds of greatness in you! I believe our lives as Christians should be the most exciting because we have the favor and blessings of God on our side!
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Doing a life study while drunk and in the process of being seduced is never a formula for quality art.
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If I see that the Russians are amassing their planes for an attack, I'm going to knock the shit out of them before they take off the ground.
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Whenever an angel says 'Be not afraid!' you'd better start worrying. A big assignment is on the way.
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Usher is so innovative - he's a great performer, a great entertainer.
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Education is the key in so many ways.
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We like to talk about pioneering Mars rather than just exploring Mars, because once we get to Mars, we will set up some sort of permanent presence.
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At an everyday level I would reckon myself more than fortunate.
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Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation.
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I'm completely dyslexic, so academia was never really my path.
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Fiction is experimentation; when it ceases to be that, it ceases to be fiction.
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A part of my appreciation for the good which moments bring has come from awareness and recognition. But it has also come from a correspnding sadness which arises from their passing. When something that can never quite be reenacted comes to an end (and all moments are that way), I feel a pensiveness within. This pensiveness gives my life a quality that might be best described as bittersweet. And those moments take on double meaning and richness - because they are here now - and because they will not always be.
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Richness is not about what you have. It is about who you are.
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I do have that compulsion to organize moments into a larger thing.
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Well, the good Lord and good luck must have been with me because I did exactly what I said I was going to do.
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These butterflies are the symbol of richness of biological diversity and marvelous scientific aspect.
