Loretta Lynn Quotes
My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.
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When I wrote 'Fight Song,' I was in a particular low point. I needed to remind myself to not give up, that I still believed in myself and that I still had fight left.
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I got to do the movie, and people who enjoyed 'The Birdcage' came out to see me on stage when I did 'Forum.' It introduced me to a whole new audience that wasn't familiar with my stage work.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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Today, more than ever, citizens demand with good reason that moral and ethical principles be upheld and that exemplariness preside over our public life. And the king, as the head of state, must not only be an example but also a servant to that just and legitimate demand of the citizens.
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I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words.
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I grew up with all kinds of people.
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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
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I've done some really off-the-wall stuff and stuff that people might not expect. That's one way to work through people's expectations of you.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
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We've become slaves to words like 'local,' 'fresh,' and 'seasonal.' We all want to be Thomas Jefferson's agrarian hero, but sustainable food is a difficult beast.
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Growing up with my dad, whenever I wanted to try something, he would let me try it but he wouldn't let me give up on it. If soccer was too tough and I said, 'I'm going to quit,' he'd be like, 'No, you're going to try everything and keep going at it.'
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I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan.
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I'm not super into sports.
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I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.
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When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.
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I had throat surgery. We had to check that out and make sure it wasn't cancerous. I had a polyp on my vocal cord, so I had that taken out.
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I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.
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I'd visit the near future, close enough that someone might want to talk to Larry Niven and can figure out the language; distant enough to get me decent medical techniques and a ticket to the Moon.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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It must be recognized that in any culture the source of law is the god of that society
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The present government is very insistent that business sponsorship should replace government sponsorship of the arts. Business sponsorship won't happen unless you make tax concessions, which they won't.
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The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
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My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.
