Gene LeBell Quotes
If you fight for a living you can't give a damn about the opponent because they're trying to take food out of your mouth and your kids' mouths. You're in competition with everybody. The trick is, just don't let them know you're competing against them.
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What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
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I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
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Every year, like a good Catholic, I wait for Christmas. Putting up the lights, decorating the tree, making sweets and then unwrapping gifts on Christmas morning... it's a tradition my family has followed since I was very little.
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The problem is that I don't want to add another record to the world that is not necessary to be published, except to make some business. There has to be a musical reason.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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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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I met PJ Harvey when I was in England, and the first thing I want to do when I meet a songwriter I admire is to ask them how do they receive songs.
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Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant.
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My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education - from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.
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Some on commission, some for the love of learning, Some because they have nothing better to do Or because they hope these walls of books will deaden The drumming of the demon in their ears.
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As if there could be true stories: things happen in one way, and we retell them in the opposite way.
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Nothing lulls and inebriates like money; when you have a lot, the world seems a better place than it actually is.
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Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.
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Life isn't one-dimensional. The world isn't simply divided into good versus evil. I think we're all capable of both.
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I'm trying to be one of the greatest players, so whatever level that consists of is where I want to take my game.
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I've been very happy to see some of the success that I've had along the way in opening the eyes of people, especially people who listen to music.
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I remember my first show was a live TV show in Ireland, and I was just petrified. It was horrific.
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I was raised Christian; I was raised in the South where everybody's raised Christian, but at this point, I'm 41 years old, and I've been an atheist, at this point, a little more than half my life.
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He paused again as a tear of longing rolled from cheek to lip with the sweet-salty taste of an old memory.
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I'm always inspired when there's a robustness to the material in front of me.
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I am extremely proud of my rags-to-riches story. It's fun to be a misfit or an underdog if you acknowledge your gifts and befriend your obstacles.
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Some of these people think the universe is five thousand years old, and they say it with a straight face. If somebody had an explanation saying why they thought the earth was five thousand years old, there's only two possible explanations: you're really stupid, or you're really cynical and trying to get really stupid people's votes.
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If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
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If you fight for a living you can't give a damn about the opponent because they're trying to take food out of your mouth and your kids' mouths. You're in competition with everybody. The trick is, just don't let them know you're competing against them.
