Kinky Friedman Quotes
May the God of your choice bless and keep you. I respect Him as long as He does not circumcise me anymore.
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I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
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China - if you think about what is the character of China, it's enormous scale. It's bigness.
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We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.
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For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense.
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The 3-point shot has created a situation in the game akin to 'Lotto' fever.
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All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.
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I loved France, although I initially thought they were stubborn for always speaking French.
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So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
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White Americans can go a long time without ever thinking about the color of their skin. Black and brown Americans have no choice but to confront issues of race every day.
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Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.
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I'm the nicest, most loyal person in the world when it comes to my friends.
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I come from Wall Street, and you'll never see me do a PowerPoint because I'm all about Excel spreadsheets. If it's not in the numbers, I don't care how strategic it is; it doesn't play out.
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The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.
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I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose.
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People always ask: For whom does the poet write? He needs only to answer, For whom do you do good? Are you kind to your daughter because in the end someone will pay you for being?... The poet writes his poem for its own sake, for the sake of that order of things in which the poem takes the place that has awaited it.
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It is not to be wondered that men have worshiped the ocean, for in his depths they have seen mirrored the image of Eternity - of Infinity. Here they have seen the symbol of God's great plan of oneness with His creatures, for the sea is the union of all infinite particles, and it takes the whole to make the one.
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'Pasadena' erred on the side being too dark. That was probably the one thing about it, in retrospect, why it didn't get picked up.
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I feel at various times in my life that I've been at a point where I had to choose between a death sentence and a life sentence. And I want to live. What do I do to live? What do I do to be vital? And the answer is always creativity. The answer is always art.
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No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action.
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We are not made for the mountains, for sunrises, or for the other beautiful attractions in life - those are simply intended to be moments of inspiration. We are made for the valley and the ordinary things of life and that is where we have to prove our stamina and strength.
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Two days after moving we recommended ourselves to God, Our Lord, and fled, hoping that, although it was late in the season and the fruits of the tunas were giving out, by remaining in the field we might still get over a good portion of the land.
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God and God alone deserves all the credit for the good that takes place in our lives.
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May the God of your choice bless and keep you. I respect Him as long as He does not circumcise me anymore.
