John Prine Quotes
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You won't do any more housework? Then you go to the bin.
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People have these incredible expectations. So instead of being inspired by, say, Joni Mitchell's music, I look at it and say to myself, 'I'm going to quit - why would I think of writing or performing after listening to that?'
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I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.
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Australia has a very big history of incarceration. What does that mean to us? What does it mean that we came over to a country that's not necessarily ours and filled it with white prisoners?
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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There was a bit of a comparison that Bret was making between Vince McMahon and my dad. He looked up to Vince as a dad and stuff, and it was a shame to see the whole thing end the way it did.
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I have not watched Glenn Beck. I don't watch him.
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I don't know whether I want to improve religion or not. I prefer to get rid of it.
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I love to cook when I have the time. I don't cook French or Mexican food with exact recipes. I just go to the supermarket and buy things that look good, and I mix it all together and invent something. Ninety-five percent of the time, I'm lucky. Sometimes not so lucky, and I say, 'Let's go out to dinner.'
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Jessica Jackley has a gift for making people want to fork over their cash. To total strangers. Far, far away.
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I think music is my favorite thing to do, but I go through periods where I think differently.
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A leader is a dealer in hope.
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The first thing I do in the morning is take my vitamins. I don't want to say which vitamins; I don't think you should push what you believe in. Doctors should do that, not fashion designers.
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My father is an anchor and my brother is as well.
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A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.
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Jim Bakker. He's lost everything, he's ruined. And the worst thing of all he still has to wake up to her!
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The only sin is the sin of being born.
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There are a zillion variables to a hamburger. What part of the animal went into it. What coarseness. What temperature.
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We have learned to take life seriously, but never ourselves.
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The best beauty advice I ever received is to keep skin hydrated and limit harsh exposure to the sun. If you are set on the tanned look, there are plenty of great creams that will give you a healthy-looking glow.
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I've got a couple of bands that I'm working on. The one I'm really excited about, we're called London The Child. It's folky music and it's really cool.
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I'd love to go out on a Saturday night with my friends and watch a movie, but that happens really like once a year or a couple of times.
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Six patients with advanced cancer were treated with amygdalin at dosages similar to those employed by Laetrile practitioners....intravenously... (and) orally...No clinical or lab evidence of toxic reaction was seen (by us).
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After a couple bouts with cancer and everything, black cats are nothin', you know?
