Kinky Friedman Quotes
And I think musicians can better run this state than politicians. And, hell, beauticians can better run the state than politicians.
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It can be difficult to run your own firm, but the trade off is fewer conflicts and more control.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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I don't run on the treadmill, because there's no treadmill moving for you on the soccer field.
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Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.
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The difficulties of many European countries derive from their corporatism: state projects serving cronies and vast social protection programmes, both run by elites. These surged in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Any time you're dealing with an ankle, you've got to run, you've got to cut, you've got to do all those things. It makes it tough.
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There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiate the best flight and hotel deals on our tours to maximise the band's income - I don't want too see too much taken off the top line.
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You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.
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I like to run fast but not drive.
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I've always thought that actors wanted to be pop musicians and pop musicians wanted to be actors.
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I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D.
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What you learn from working with other performers and musicians is invaluable, really, and can only help you grow. I mean, if you spend your whole life focusing on yourself, you're not really learning much.
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I think really that you shouldn't run as a conservative if you're not.
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Politicians are, in general, receptive to those who make the most noise.
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American musicians are very giving - they have the highest standard in the world - but they are also very demanding in their conditions.
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I am cynical about politicians. My experience of politicians has been thoroughly negative. I have found that politicians are people that can not be taken at face value. There are very few politicians I have been impressed with.
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I have volunteered for Musicians on Call for the past 12 years because of the incredible one-on-one experiences in hospital rooms when no one other than the patient and I would remember the love that was exchanged.
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If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or locked up in jail, until he consents to go, and promises not to run away during the year.
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Being a musician, people ask you a lot about what musicians inspire you, and there's plenty of musicians that I love and respect, but I think that I'm the most inspired by cinema.
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I mean, I'm willing to do anything with Chris Chulack - he's one of my favorite directors I've ever worked with, and I just think he's a fantastic man, and a great creator, and a good friend.
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A state that denies its citizens their basic rights becomes a danger to its neighbors as well: internal arbitrary rule will be reflected in arbitrary external relations. The suppression of public opinion, the abolition of public competition for power and its public exercise opens the way for the state power to arm itself in any way it sees fit.... A state that does not hesitate to lie to its own people will not hesitate to lie to other states.
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Be on the lookout for global warming for God's sakes, although I don't think you can really "see" it. It's something you feel, deep inside, at the moment you have second thoughts about spraying those CFCs outside your home each afternoon in hopes of making it just a little friggin' warmer - is that too much to ask? - in your neck of the woods.
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And I think musicians can better run this state than politicians. And, hell, beauticians can better run the state than politicians.
