Alison Krauss Quotes
That's what I love. Not being interrupted, sitting in a car by myself and listening to music in the rain. There are so many great songs yet to sing.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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Second place is just the first place loser.
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There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself.
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Let us advance science to create a better world for all.
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Whatever they did for democracy, the U.S. interventions in the Middle East and the vaunted Arab Spring have proved to be pure hell for Arab Christians.
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Save yourself some grief. Check with the publicist you hire to see what other books he/she has coming out at the same time as yours.
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Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.
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Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.
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'Coexist' was tough to make.
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Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.
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I don't cook. I don't know anything about food. I've never reviewed a restaurant.
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I am happy to donate funds to various organizations that help people in need.
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I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else.
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The events in the square, of course, made a deep impression on me and many other parents.
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It was only after university that I said to myself that I had to take the risk and have a serious go at acting. It's such a bizarre profession, because you have to be totally tough to deal with all those times when you're being turned down, and then really soft in order to access your character's emotions.
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Here's the thing that people don't understand: I don't really care. I've never been a careerist. It's not a strategy. I react to certain characters and story lines and specific mode of filmmaking.
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I find theater very lazy and artificial, and then when it's not, it lacks refinement.
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The fundamental law of nature is to not know too much about yourself.
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In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.
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I don't think there are actually any theologians practicing angelology or studying angels anymore, but it's definitely in a lot of religious literature. It's still out there, and people are still interested. Even in the more secular way, books about angels are everywhere.
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I'm the same kid who used to hop the trains with headphones and just go to downtown Manhattan, walk around and listen to music or walk through the city. The fame restricts that. It's a small complaint in comparison to the benefits I get from it, but the restrictive part is what I don't like - and the fact that it's not reversible.
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It would be great if people could guess right off that I am Japanese-Finnish-American. But then I'd have to be wearing a kimono and pulling a reindeer.
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Great Britain would spend her last guinea to keep a navy superior to that of the United States or any other power.
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That's what I love. Not being interrupted, sitting in a car by myself and listening to music in the rain. There are so many great songs yet to sing.
