John Prine Quotes
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To make headway, improve your head.
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Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.
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The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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I am upset and completely disappointed in the government, the millionaires and billionaires in the U.S. See what's happening to the country? Look at all the health problems, the economy, the recession and crime.
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I got married very early, and in no time at all, we had three children. And it seemed to me I had an obligation to support them.
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If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life.
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Good actresses can often accomplish miracles, and it is possible to be someone you've never been or will be. But in a sitcom, there's no time.
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If you're clever enough and creative enough to get a good film made, then you should be clever enough and creative enough to find ways to get it out there, one being something like Jameson First Shot.
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The real force of Silicon Valley is the mentality, the spirit. There's no reason at all that can't be replicated in Paris.
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The majority of actor kids are really competitive. But Gabby Sidibe on 'The Big C' has been a big help to me. Her career went from zero to a hundred in about one second, so she's warned me what to expect.
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I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, too!
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Neither conservatives nor humorists believe man is good. But left-wingers do.
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Let’s say this together: 'Great me no greats', and leave this grading to posterity.
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Sometimes I don't know what takes me over during a game. Sometimes I just feel I have moved to a different place and I can make the pass, score the goal or go past my marker at will.
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When I get anxious and scared, I probably lose my temper more than I should.
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To win the major, you have to play two weeks your best tennis and deal with a lot of things around, to put things together so to be really focused.
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You can't swing with hesitation; you can't try to steer the ball to the flag; you can't worry about that water hazard as you take the club back. You have to pick the right club, visualize the shot you want to hit, and then focus on that shot until the ball is gone.
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From every human being there rises a light.
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If you're a leader, a fellow that other fellows look to, you've got to keep going.
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Whenever I see the Hong Kong flag is flying in the sky, not because of anybody else, because of my efforts, I think it's the most proud time of my life.
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Life isn’t a music player where you choose whats being played, it is a radio where you have to enjoy whats being played.
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Someone's dead," said Malfoy, and his voice seemed to go up an octave as he said it. "One of your people...I don't know who, it was dark...I stepped over the body...I was supposed to be waiting up here when you got back, only your Phoenix lot got in the way.
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There's only two things. There's life, and there's death.
