John Prine Quotes
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A lot of women find that their workwear acts as armour.
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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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I've learned over the years that freedom is just the other side of discipline.
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Treasurys, as low as yields are, are higher than they are in most other developed countries. A foreign investor picks up a yield spread in Treasurys versus their own sovereigns, plus the fact that if the dollar is going to continue rallying - and I think it will because it's a safe haven - then they get a currency translation gain as well.
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Such were the notes thy once lov'd poet sung, Till death untimely stopp'd his tuneful tongue.
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Of all the movies I've done in my life, the one where I play a crazy awful psycho woman finds me my husband.
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My mom has always wished me a daughter just like me.
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And the sun went down, and the stars came out far over the summer sea, But never a moment ceased the fight of the one and the fifty-three.
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There's only two things. There's life, and there's death.
