Kinky Friedman Quotes
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For me, if I'm just killing time, I play solitaire. I'm also guilty of playing Snood. I like games where I can shoot balls and match colors.
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Our built-in human system for mimicry explains why we humans can transfer our good and bad moods to each other - if we aren't careful!
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I've never seen my father, but my kids can see me whenever they want, so that was broken.
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The more times I was turned down, the more I believed I was getting closer to making it. A lot of people in Korea say that failure is the mother of success, so I believed that more times I failed, the more likely I was to succeed.
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I have a 'Mailer-Breslin and the 51st State' poster, and a neon-pink sign of Raoul's in SoHo, one of my favorite restaurants.
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We are breaking new ground in the territory of dumb with 'Shooting Fish.' Dumb, but in good taste. Silly, but not ridiculous.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience.
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The only show my mother could afford to take me to when I was growing up was 'Cats', for my birthday.
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I love working in New York.
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I have a strong desire to communicate what I feel about the world. That's exciting to me.
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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
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My idea of artistry has always been 'try everything until you find out what works.'
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There's a joke that, if you can ride through Texas with somebody, which is 700 miles of just straight, flat freeway riding, then you can be friends with them forever.
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One of the great things going on in Chicago is the educational facilities here. And the largest film school in the world is right here in Chicago: Columbia College.
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I wanted to create things that you can always pull out of your closet and rely on. I wanted to create a timeless, classic collection of clothing that you can keep expanding on.
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I don't need to speak about N'Golo; everyone knows about him. He's everywhere. I think, sometimes when I'm on the pitch, I see him twice. One on the left, one on the right. I think I'm playing with twins!
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Years ago, during a John Grisham phase, I tried to pinpoint exactly why I found Grisham's often predictable legal thrillers quite so comforting. The best answer I could come up with was the frequency with which Grisham tells us that his lead characters are sipping coffee. When it comes to food and drink, predictability can console.
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Every day you learn something new.
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The sweetness of glory is so great that, join it to what we will, even to death, we love it.
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Young people are the key to this election.
