John Prine Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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The life of an actor is never one to get comfortable.
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I'm a self-taught musician aside from what I've been able to pick up from other players.
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The end of poetry is not to create a physical condition which shall give pleasure to the mind... The end of poetry is not an after-effect, not a pleasurable memory of itself, but an immediate, constant and even unpleasant insistence upon itself.
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Modeling has always played off my D.J.-ing, but it is a fun supplement.
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Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.
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When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me.
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Not that I want everything right now; but I do want everything.
Nastassja Kinski -
To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficult of all, and so important, withal, that nations have perished from their failure to achieve it.
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We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.
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Hospitals are about healing.
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Nanotechnology is an idea that most people simply didn't believe.
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I think every woman in their life wants to give a good face smack.
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Chelsea have made a good investment for me, but I did not put any pressure on them.
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Remember, while the work can sometimes appear to be simple to a viewer, the ability to perform expertly, consistently, precisely, over and over again, under pressure and on demand is what's needed.
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There's a logic today that places a greater value on celebrity the less it is accompanied by actual achievement. I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.
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I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth.
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Sometimes we have criticism that is very constructive.
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Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear.
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Management brings the best and worst out of me, and I think you have to find a distinction between what is work and what isn't work, because football can take over your life.
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Relationships of any kind are powerful, and they always influence an artist. It's inescapable.
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I'd love to be considered a post-pop artist, but I love to have five or six different styles in every painting, just for the pleasure of the eye.
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My first Grammy nomination? I was 24 - I was nominated for best new artist of the year.
