Country Joe McDonald Quotes
And it's one, two, three What are we fighting for Don't ask me, I don't give a damn. Next stop is Viet Nam.
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There's always the risk that there are unknown unknowns.
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I started to work in television for three or four years, in 1954. There was one channel of television, black and white. But it could be entertaining and educational. During the evening they showed important plays, opera or Shakespeare's tragedies.
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There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.
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I'm not the type of guy to go so deep with the concept songs, but there's deep thought in everything. Maybe it's not just a repetitive hook telling you what the song is about - you have to use your brain a little bit.
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The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'
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When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost.
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Talent survives and remains while beauty is diluted.
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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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Death, only, renders hope futile.
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I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.
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Returns matter a lot. It's our capital.
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I always put on M.A.C. Prep and Primer before anything.
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I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.
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Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.
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It's strange to recall that America animated none of my youthful daydreams. I did not see a Hollywood film until my late teens.
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For better or for worse, I just have to be on tour for some portion of the year. But it's not easy, you know. It's not easy on the people you love, and I understand when people look at this life and say this isn't sustainable.
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Every country in Europe needs immigrants for its economic survival.
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Piano is like drudgery.
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When the man governed by self-interest, the god of this world, does not renounce it but merely refines it by the use of reason and extends it beyond the constricting boundary of the present, he is represented (Luke XVI, 3-9) as one who, in his very person as servant, defrauds his master self- interest and wins from him sacrifices in behalf of 'duty.'
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I hate personal competition, and so each time in my career I came in a field where it was highly competitive, I gave up.
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She belonged to a different age, but being so entire, so complete, would always stand up on the horizon, stone-white, eminent, like a lighthouse marking some past stage on this adventurous, long, long voyage, this interminable --- this interminable life.
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It doesn't matter how many people I've killed. What matters is how I get along with the people who are still alive.
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Let me tell you what I literally told every world leader I've met with, and I've met them all: It's never, never, never been a good bet to bet against America. We have the finest fighting force in the world.
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And it's one, two, three What are we fighting for Don't ask me, I don't give a damn. Next stop is Viet Nam.
