Carl Sandburg Quotes
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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My aunt is a newscaster in Lubbock, Texas, and she got a letter that said, 'Natalie Maines will be shot dead at their show in Dallas, Texas,' with the date of our concert. It was freaky to see that in writing.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
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I feel like people who know me, my fans, I want them to know I'm just a regular 21-year-old kid who likes movies, who likes to have fun. It lets people see the other side of you and not just the basketball thing.
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Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
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Every girl has days when she doesn't like her appearance, but it's when you feel happy in yourself that you look good.
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There was no Groundlings or Upright Citizens Brigade where I was from. Looking back on it, I was trying to do sketch comedy in my stand-up, which is still kind of what I am doing now. To go full-circle here, it's kind of like one-man sketch.
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Love is so short, forgetting is so long.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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People say I am cheap, and I don't mind if they do.
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It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing.
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There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment.
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It is psychologically very hard to go through life without the justification, and the hope, provided by religion.
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Death seems to be a long way off. Is this not shallow thinking? It is worthless and is only a joke within a dream. It will not do to think in such a way and be negligent. Insofar as death is always at one's door, one should make sufficient effort and act quickly.
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I love cartoons, I love comic books and graphic novels. 'Batman: The Animated Series' was a huge influence on me when I was younger.
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Recording 'Tusk' was quite absurd. The studio contract rider for refreshments was like a telephone directory.
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Everything that's transported over ground, whether it's people or parcels, will be impacted by autonomous vehicle technology.
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I support giving President Obama the ability to negotiate and complete new trade agreements with some of the fastest-growing economies in the world.
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What's great about TV, and what I love about being on 'Parenthood,' is you have this family. I'm now going on four years of working with the same 100 people, and that helps you feel like your life has more roots. It's more conducive to having a family, and you're staying in town. So that part is amazing.
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There's something really easy and just somehow un-crowded about the Portland airport. Every time I go there I'm like, 'Why is this so easy and sweet?'
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Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.