Pete Yorn Quotes
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I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
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The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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I have always hated slavery, I think, as much as any abolitionist. I have been an Old Line Whig. I have always hated it, but I have always been quiet about it until this new era of the introduction of the Nebraska Bill began.
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I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down.
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The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond to riots. The 1968 Housing Act was in large response to riots that broke out after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. They cited these as an actual inspiration.
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The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because you're out-voted.
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Death means change our clothes. Clothes become old, then time to come change. So this body become old, and then time come, take young body.
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Human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
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There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.
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I only get angry at my brothers and at my father.
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I'm not superstitious.
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Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
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I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen.
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I believe as a born-again Christian that once you've had a chance to drink from the well, it becomes your responsibility to replenish the well.
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The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it.
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It began to rain harder. The last snow was under attack by these heavy, wide-spaced drops. All that remained underfoot of months of frost and freezing was a light crust that crumbled as he walked. The sidewalk was soon completely washed by this slow, tenacious rain. Its smooth, shining surface reflected the midnight lights and tangles of naked branches.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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I get very bored easily. I'm a child of the Internet or whatever; I want more and more of new and interesting things.
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Dads are the appendix of humanity. They should just be taken out before they start causing problems.
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Within me, I knew I would never be a first-rate producer. I wasn't tough enough.
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Can we begin again? Save it for another friend, I was happy in my life I won’t pretend.
