Arlo Guthrie Quotes

Be serious. Folk songs are serious. That's what Pete Seeger told me. 'Arlo, I only wanna tell you one thing. Folk songs are serious.' And I said 'Right.'

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• My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.

  

  Zoe Kravitz
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• I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.

  

  Kareena Kapoor Khan
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• A pitcher is only as good as his legs.

  

  Early Wynn
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• He said, 'From then on, I realized that I was not just abandoned. I was chosen. I was special.' And I think that's the key to understanding Steve Jobs.

  

  Walter Isaacson
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• I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.

  

  Naguib Mahfouz
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• And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.

  

  Walt Whitman
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• It's just such an honor to say that I was in something by Steven Spielberg. I feel so blessed I got to meet such great people, and I got to go to a beautiful place, Vancouver, and I had a great time.

  

  Dakota Fanning
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• I'm the Ali of today. I'm the Marvin Gaye of today. I'm the Bob Marley of today. I'm the Martin Luther King, or all the other greats that have come before us. And a lot of people are starting to realise that now.

  

  R. Kelly
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• My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.

  

  T Bone Burnett
  • Myself
  • Idea
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• I think everybody goes through things in their life where they're like, 'This does not make any sense,' or 'I don't understand why this is happening,' but that's part of the journey of faith.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • Life
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• Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
  • Lead
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• Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other's speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Time
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• When you write, you're inside the project. You can't really think about the reception. It has to be worth it even if no one reads it.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
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  • Write
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• We ought to be able to forgo the constant need to raise money and just focus on working together to solve the problems this country faces.

  

  Ted Deutch
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• I'm absolutely convinced that the very small global warming we are experiencing is the result of natural causes. It's a cyclical phenomenon in the history of the Earth. The role of man is very small, almost negligible.

  

  Vaclav Klaus
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• I'm always late.

  

  Sade Adu
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• If you live in a place that you perceive to be a crowded place, you appreciate government; you see it as this thing that protects you against crime, that keeps order, that makes sure that nobody puts a massage parlor next to your house, that keeps other people's dogs from pooping on the sidewalk.

  

  Gail Collins
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• You simply cannot continue a nation as America without that Christian base of liberty.

  

  Dan Severson
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  • Christian
  • Liberty

• I think my mystery, or any person's mystery, is the thing that makes them most interesting. I try to be as conscious as possible of keeping that alive.

  

  Brie Larson
  • Interesting

• What society doesn't realize is that in the past, ordinary people respected learning. They respected books, and they don't now, or not very much. That whole respect for serious literature and learning has disappeared.

  

  Doris Lessing
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• Remember to build each other up, to strengthen and sustain, to keep companionship lovely and alive. Remember dignity and respect; understanding; not expecting perfection; a sense of humor and a sense of what is sacred and serious; common purposes, common convictions, and the character to stay with a bargain, to keep a covenant - in these are the making of a good and solid marriage.

  

  Richard L. Evans
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  • Understanding

• I know I need to watch myself because I don't want anyone to think I'm snobby or stuck up. I have to be real careful. I don't want to hurt my Christian witness.

  

  Austin O'Brien
  • Up
  • Real
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• When you are listening to music it is better to cover your eyes than your ears.

  

  Jose Bergamin
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• Be serious. Folk songs are serious. That's what Pete Seeger told me. 'Arlo, I only wanna tell you one thing. Folk songs are serious.' And I said 'Right.'

  

  Arlo Guthrie
  • Serious