John Prine Quotes
I thought I was grounded. I thought from my kinda blue-collar outlook on life that I would call myself a grounded person. I was not. I was like a balloon flying around in the air. And as soon as our first child was born, boom - my feet came right down to the ground.
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I'm not an aggressive person at all. But I know how to fight.
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When the needs of one person are being met by the other, there is laughter.
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It's not even race; it's a certain type of person that gets 'Pootie Tang.'
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Any concept of one person being superior to another can lead to racism.
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I'm not cool at all. I'm the least cool person I know.
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I am a huge supporter for cash for caulkers - which allows people to make improvement for energy efficient in their homes. We should do the same for Americans purchasing appliances and computers and for that matter, new air-conditioner and heating units.
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I never wanted to be that person who leaves 'SNL' and nothing happens.
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For me, I'm not a jealous person. That's just not my thing. You have to have trust in your relationship.
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In India, innocent and poor children are victims of child labor.
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I don't use Twitter. I'm a serious person.
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The best thing anyone can do in life is to give opportunities to a child.
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We still have a soft approach on the perpetrators of crimes like worst forms of child labour.
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I've accepted that we've all got crap to deal with and problems that we're fighting not to be defined by. At the end of the day, we all want the same stuff: fulfillment, love, support, comfort, and a hot-air balloon with laser guns attached to it. The most important thing is that we appreciate the crazy ride we're on.
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God wants you well. God wants you prosperous. God wants you a whole person.
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I'm an iPod person.
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India has progressed to a stage where a divorcee status hardly matters. What matters is that you raise a positive, independent, well-behaved and intelligent child.
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Eating disorders are usually nothing to do with food. Parents need to be with their child to see them through it. All the therapists in the world can't help if the parents aren't present, loving, and proactive.
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I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant.
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Time dissolves in summer anyway: days are long, weekends longer. Hours get all thin and watery when you are lost in the book you'd never otherwise have time to read. Senses are sharper - something about the moist air and bright light and fruit in season - and so memories stir and startle.
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I am quite a private person.
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There is no policy like politeness; and a good manner is the best thing in the world either to get a good name, or to supply the want of it.
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Every era needs a genre through which it understands itself.
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Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school.
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I thought I was grounded. I thought from my kinda blue-collar outlook on life that I would call myself a grounded person. I was not. I was like a balloon flying around in the air. And as soon as our first child was born, boom - my feet came right down to the ground.
