John Prine Quotes

The only time I ever think about getting old is when I look in the mirror. I feel pretty good about it, actually.

John Prine

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• Dixie Chicks surprised me with a beautiful three-part harmony version of 'I'll Take Care of You.' And Don Henley's performance of 'The Heart of the Matter' still just slays me every time I hear it.

  

  J. D. Souther
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  • Heart
  • Beautiful

• I wanted to travel with my dad to be close to him again. Having babies and raising my own family took so much of my time, I didn't have a chance to be with him very often.

  

  Nancy Sinatra
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  • Family
  • Dad

• I can't really see myself as an artist. Now, to step out here and there, do it when I feel like it, that's a possibility. But for me to be a full-fledged, full-time artist in the industry, I don't think so.

  

  T.I.
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• I wanted to have more time to play and reflect, but I find retirement more stressful than having a nice, steady job because I have to make decisions about where I want to be.

  

  Walter Cronkite
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• The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.

  

  Samuel Butler
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• Whatever's going on with me at the time of writing is going to find its way into the piece. If that doesn't happen, then what the hell am I doing? So if I'm writing 'Inglourious Basterds,' and I'm in love with a girl and we break up, that's going to find its way into the piece.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
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• I spent a lot of time doing really unimportant work as an actor. It was important when I started writing that I obviously make it entertaining, or no one is going to go see it - but to really make you think, that is my goal.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
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• I got behind that pencil and nothing happened for many years, but since they put me in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, I've turned around. I took a good look at myself and said, I think it's time to get back at work.

  

  Otis Blackwell
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• I stay around the young boys in the studio; I want to learn from them, and at the same time, I have a lot to offer them.

  

  Fat Joe
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• I was totally sober in college and really, really focused. I just took the time when other people might be partying and just made music and played at the party instead.

  

  K. Flay
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  • Music

• What we do need to worry about is the possibility that we will be reduced, in the face of the enormities of our time, to silence or to mere protest.

  

  Wendell Berry
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  • Silence

• I think that's what makes a great show: when the performers onstage aren't putting on a show, they're legitimately just having a freaking awesome time.

  

  Andy Grammer
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• Until that moment comes when the ball comes to me every time, I have to find a way to be effective with offensive rebounds, play hard defense, blocking shots.

  

  Kristaps Porzingis
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• There are no insoluble problems. Only time-consuming ones.

  

  James A. Michener
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• 'Billy Elliot' prides itself on being a family show, and it made sense to specifically cater to a family audience with an earlier evening curtain time.

  

  Eric Fellner
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  • Family

• I always felt like my value was much more in my intellect than it was in my appearance, and so that's what I spent time cultivating. And some of that I get from my mother, some of that comes from the schools that I went to, and some of that comes from probably insecurity.

  

  Kerry Washington
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  • Mother
  • Value

• It's time to focus all of our efforts on renewables. We will oppose the building of LNG facilities.

  

  David Ige
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  • Focus

• Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that it was time to set the record straight.

  

  Jessica Savitch
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• I watched Gretzky, I watched Lemieux. Maybe it's the time when you're playing, but for a kid coming into the league, you play the Boston Bruins and you just watched Bobby Orr.

  

  Marcel Dionne
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• We're not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information - and that means the real skill now is learning how to pick out the useful information from all this noise.

  

  Nate Silver
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• But now - look, I have to take care of myself. I work out every day. I'm a dancer. I've always been an athlete, and I'm one of those people who start to go crazy if they don't run or do something.

  

  Vanessa Carlton
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• Writers are articulate. Artists find it more difficult.

  

  Anthony Browne

• I think I had really good parents. I got really lucky. They said, 'You're a woman; enjoy yourself and believe that you can do things.'

  

  Emily Ratajkowski
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• The only time I ever think about getting old is when I look in the mirror. I feel pretty good about it, actually.

  

  John Prine
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