Buck Brannaman Quotes
If I had a horse buck with me now, I’m a little disappointed. It’s not the end of the world, but I’m a little disappointed if I couldn’t keep the horse out of trouble, whereas it used to be a source of pride, and now it’s sort of source of shame if I let the horse get lost.

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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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I live a very normal regimented life that focuses on my training and my private life so I squeeze the insane stuff in around that.
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Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. It was a lot of years of work, and when I won it, it was more a sense of relief than jubilation or exaltation.
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It's super dope when you connect with something personally.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.
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I have four of the most incredible children. And I have five grandchildren.
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People aren't interested in others controlling what they can do or read or see in the privacy of their own homes.
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The moment to tell my barber I was gay just never came up.
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When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun.
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I can say with absolute certainty I do not cheat. I am not a magician.
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Lookin' so innocent,I might believe you if I didn't know.Could'a loved you all my life,If you hadn't left me waiting in the cold.And you got your share of secrets,And I'm tired of being last to know.And now you're asking me to listen'Cause it's worked each time before.
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The Ramans do everything in threes.
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And me I'm in the bathroomcrying out my eyelids because it's hard to be a manwhen you're scared, just like a little kid.
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I feel like, throughout 'True Romance,' I was unsure of myself in terms of songwriting. Even though it was my voice, I feel there were a lot of other voices on that record, too.
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Things that make me laugh range from a wonderful stand-up like Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K. and Chris Rock to my son Gabe, who does great improv work. I also look backwards to the great comedic actors like Jackie Gleason, Paul Lynde and Phil Silvers.
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If I've gotten to a point where people want to see something because I'm in it, I'm grateful and humbled. But having an awareness of that doesn't help me do what I need to do, I think.
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If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.
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In 1856...I preferred the success of a candidate whose election would prevent or postpone secession, to seeing the country plunged into a war the end of which no man could foretell. With a Democrat elected by the unanimous vote of the Slave States, there could be no pretext for secession for four years.... I therefore voted for James Buchanan as President.
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For the first few years after I lost weight, I would feel for my hip bones every morning when I woke up so I would know I wasn't fat. It was like pinching myself so I'd know I wasn't dreaming.
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Compassionate listening is to help the other side suffer less. If we realize that other people are the same people as we are, we are no longer angry at them.
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A pattern has an integrity independent of the medium by virtue of which you have received the information that it exists.
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If I had a horse buck with me now, I’m a little disappointed. It’s not the end of the world, but I’m a little disappointed if I couldn’t keep the horse out of trouble, whereas it used to be a source of pride, and now it’s sort of source of shame if I let the horse get lost.