Lyle Lovett Quotes
I played guitar when I was young and never really considered it as a way to make a living.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a fool.
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One can't do anything alone in Haiti. Sharing and cooperation are so deeply woven into the culture that sometimes it's hard to have a separate thought.
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The E.U. has its weaknesses, but it's been pretty good for us, and it's been pretty good for Europe, and it's kept peace.
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The glorification of sisters, mothers as the selfless Indian women who will do 'agni pariksha' and the one who sees her own betterment only in the betterment of their husbands and fathers, that has to stop. It's very regressive.
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My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs... write life. I decided to take her up on that.
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As a former teacher and someone who has devoted her entire career to children and public schools, I understand the pain and frustration of parents who feel their children are not receiving the education they deserve.
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I'm not that moody. I don't have big ups and downs.
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The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
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I had a ball doing Harry Potter.
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If you are constantly making judgments based on superficial affiliations, your world gets to be pretty small.
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An old friend of mine, an economist by trade, once explained to me that the statistical definition of 'dilemma' is 49.9% in favor and 50.1% against. If the gap is greater, there is no dilemma, because the answer is clear.
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The business case for diverse employment is not a matter we can ignore. When the business case merges with values and national objectives, this serves as a wake up call for us all. We cannot ignore the opportunity; we cannot ignore the commitment.
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Wealth is a great sin in the eyes of God. Poverty is a great sin in the eyes of man.
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Be a clown, be a clown, All the world loves a clown. Act the fool, play the calf, And you'll always have the last laugh.
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I'm into politics, and I love watching the heavier news magazine shows.
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Academic culture is not merely indifferent to teaching, it is actively hostile to it.
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When you're in a conversation, genuinely be in it. Stare people in their eyes. Know what you're talking about. Enjoy that moment.
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A lot of times, women don't get the male perspective in regards to a relationship, what men go through when they're not really dealing well.
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The profoundest truth of war is that the issue of battle is usually decided in the minds of the opposing commanders, not in the bodies of their men.
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The only service you can do for anyone is to remind them of their true nature.
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Wilderness is harder and harder to find these days on this beautiful planet, and we're abusing our planet to the point of almost no return.
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My sweet tooth was so bad, it was rotten. So I had to have it pulled. For me, with sugar, it's all or nothing. So I had to cut it out.
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I played guitar when I was young and never really considered it as a way to make a living.
