Kinky Friedman Quotes
The only currency I value is the coin of the spirit. That's very important in my life.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
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There will never be talking pictures.
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I've never had a couch that needed to be cleaned or learned how to couch-clean in general. That feels too grown-up.
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I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef.
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Fair treatment of human beings and animals in many different realms strikes a chord with me.
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No Afghans, as far as we know, have been involved in terrorist acts against our country. We shouldn't be swatting at hornets' nests we know nothing about.
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I don't want to put one innocent person to death to put 99 that are guilty to death. So philosophically I'm a tooth-for-tooth guy, but the reality is the death penalty as public policy is flawed.
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I do feel bad when my films don't do well, but I respect audiences' verdict because they know well which films to support. If they don't like a film, we should accept it.
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I'm not a huge soccer fan, but I follow the sport. I played in high school, a little bit in college, played on various club teams most of my life, and all three of my sons are competitive soccer players and far better than I ever was.
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The history of Europe over the last several centuries provides clear evidence of the transformative power of commerce.
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I feel like, in some level, in our biggest moments of success we were always the underdog.
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What we do today has nothing to do with capitalism or socialism. It is a crony type of system that transfers money to the coffers of bureaucrats.
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I don't necessarily like wearing lipstick; I just think it's funny to do. I think the darker the better, but it's whatever my girlfriend Kiera has in her purse.
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Culturally, politically, everywhere you look... Read the newspaper. Go online. Our world has gone to hell.
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It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.
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I want to make the world a better place, for women, mainly.
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The hollowing out of the middle class. That's not just about capitalism or the structure of taxation. That is also about the fundamental truth that machines can do a lot of things better than humans used to do. A lot of those people are being pushed down to do less value-adding jobs, so they get paid less money.
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The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
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I think, in every situation, it's important to find the right balance. If you have to spend money, try and spend that money in the right way to take players with the right characteristics for your idea of football.
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I wrote my first piece about the disruption of the Harvard Business School in 1999. Because you could see this coming. I haven't yet done the one about the disruption of the Stanford Business School.
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You accuse a woman of wavering affections, but don't blame her; she is just looking for a consistent man.
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The only currency I value is the coin of the spirit. That's very important in my life.
