John Prine Quotes
If I can make myself laugh about something that I should be crying about, that's pretty good.
John Prine
Quotes to Explore
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I could have gone the route of a lot of these former child actors, but I didn't want that for myself. Like I said, when I was 14 years old, I decided to quit. I didn't ever want to do it again.
Macaulay Culkin
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
Caprice Bourret
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But I did an awful lot of work in Hollywood, and in New York for that matter.
Patrick Macnee
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I am an opponent of war and of war preparations and an opponent of universal military training and conscription; but entirely apart from that issue, I hold that segregation in any part of the body politic is an act of slavery and an act of war.
Bayard Rustin
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We have to be aware of our fragilities as human beings - when we see cruelty, to understand that in certain conditions, we could be cruel, too.
Ingrid Betancourt
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There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.
F. H. Bradley
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I think there needs to be a way to allow people to become educated if they've paid taxes, they've been here a long time. And I think, actually, we need to think about young people are not making the decision on whether to come here.
Zoe Lofgren
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I feel like maybe I'm part of that generation that became more of a gamer than a video consumer. It's always been something I've done with my spare time. If I had three hours on a Friday night, I'm not out partying. I'm probably playing video games.
Felicia Day
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If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.
Candice Swanepoel
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Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend to romanticize it, that somehow your work appears by benefit of some mystical external force. In reality, to be a writer, you have to sit down and write. It's work, and often it's hard work.
Wendelin Van Draanen
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I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
Mae West
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Do not let the word 'tripe' deter you. Let its soothing charms win you over, and enjoy it as do those who always have!
Fergus Henderson
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To be honest, I know that a lot of Asian parents are secretly shocked and horrified by many aspects of Western parenting.
Amy Chua
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I've lived my career backwards - I started off huge and I've got smaller and more personal, and I'm much more comfortable now.
Charlie Simpson
Busted
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I have all the defects of other people yet everything they do seems to me inconceivable.
Emil Cioran
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This paper will serve instead of a confidential friend into whose ear I might pour forth the overflowings of my heart. It will not sympathize with my distresses, but then, it will not laugh at them, and, if I keep it close, it cannot tell again; so it is, perhaps, the best friend I could have for the purpose.
Anne Bronte
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'Le Mans' is the only racing movie that is totally realistic.
Jenson Button
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If I can make myself laugh about something that I should be crying about, that's pretty good.
John Prine
