John Prine Quotes
I think the best duets are those where there's a dialogue back and forth, and then the two singers go into a thing together.
Quotes to Explore
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
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It was very difficult when I was trying to figure out how to have a marriage and babies and do this at the same time. There was no handbook. You were making it up as you went along.
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I think what has helped me is that I've never thought of myself as a child star. If you think of yourself like that, you might have problems!
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I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.
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In my previous career as a chief executive of high-tech companies, I experienced firsthand the endless possibilities when people from diverse backgrounds work together. They get to know one another and quickly learn that they share more in common than they originally thought.
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We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.
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I went through a big Kurt Vonnegut phase. But the writers who made me decide at a very early age that this is probably something I wanted to do were Stephen King and Douglas Adams, when I was probably, like, ten years old.
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I really love Alexa Chung's style. I really think she gets it right all the time. I've never seen a picture of her where I didn't love the outfit.
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There is no truly global justice.
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There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.
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My kids are in school and in all these clubs - chess club, fashion club, you name it. When my dad came home from work, it was late, and when he left, it was early in the morning. On my days off, I'm still taking my kids to school and picking them up. I do what I have to do to keep that relationship.
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I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.
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Do you remember campaigns like 'Keep America beautiful'? What about 'Buckle up'? I believe we need an approach like this to attack obesity. Let's be a good industry that does 100% of what it possibly can - not grudgingly, but willingly.
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When you write a novel, you never have to be in the service of the reader. My only concern with my books is that the world that's created be as logical and whole as possible.
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We're always attracted to the edges of what we are, out by the edges where it's a little raw and nervy.
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OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.
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There are so many cute vintage dresses made out of synthetics from the '60s and '70s - but they're so itchy and hot. It's not worth it!
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If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?
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Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.
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I have a problem about being nearly sixty: I keep waking up in the morning and thinking I'm thirty-one.
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Begin with bodhicitta, do the main practice without concepts,Conclude by dedicating the merit. These, together and complete,Are the three vital supports for progressing on the path to liberation.
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The university is a series of individual entrepreneurs held together by a common grievance about parking.
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I think the best duets are those where there's a dialogue back and forth, and then the two singers go into a thing together.
