John Prine Quotes
I just like a good, sad song. The sadder, the better. It moves me.
John Prine
Quotes to Explore
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It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others.
Nathalie Sarraute
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It doesn't matter what you feel - ultimately, it's what the audience feels. You can finish a scene and think to yourself, 'Oh, God. I was so deep in that moment,' and find it just didn't play. I don't know if I have very good radar about that or not.
Carey Mulligan
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I keep seeing in the papers that I am good friends with Samantha Cameron. I've never met her in my life.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
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About 10 years ago, I took some vocal lessons. I'll bet that helped. I got a tape of exercises that the girl gave me, which I don't do anymore, but they were good. And I don't smoke.
Dan Hicks
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I got quite good results from protein plates.
Gabriel Lippmann
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Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life.
Barbara Kingsolver
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When I first start writing a song, I usually write the title first, then the song, and I'll sing the song in my head and think of a visual of the song. If I can't think of a visual behind the song, I'll throw the song away.
La'Porsha Renae
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There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives.
Os Guinness
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The good news for us is the NHL has never been stronger, never been more popular, and that, I guess, has led to a lot of interest being expressed from a number of places, an interest in getting an expansion team, and Las Vegas happens to be one of those places.
Gary Bettman
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Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.
Ralph W. Sockman
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It's my firm intention to whop cancer into submission and I truly believe I've given myself the best start possible by radically overhauling my diet and by staying true to my motto, which is: Don't worry, be happy, feel good. The first thing I did when I was diagnosed was to turn vegan.
Larry Hagman
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Either accept people for what they are, or don't. So, in other words, man, if people don't know me, I think they do themself an injustice. Because, as a whole, I think I'm a good person.
Ike Turner
Ike & Tina Turner
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If you see your neighbor in sin, don't look only at this, but also think about what he has done or does that is good, and infrequently trying this in general, while not partialy judging, you will find that he is better than you.
Saint Basil
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...the really damned not only like Hell, they feel loyal to it...
Randall Jarrell
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I've signed with major labels, and I haven't had any control over the money.
Chuck D
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We love food. After our studio session, we devour dal makhani, butter chicken, and butter naan.
Armaan Malik
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'I wish I had been born a bird instead,' he said.'I wish we had all been born birds instead.'
Kurt Vonnegut
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I just like a good, sad song. The sadder, the better. It moves me.
John Prine
