Blake Shelton Quotes
I didn't grow up playing video games. I grew up catching crawdads in the creek and minnows and lizards and snakes.
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
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I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.
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Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
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If people really knew what they were getting into with their third chemotherapy treatment, or getting a pacemaker when they're 92, if they really knew what that was going to mean, they might say no, and we should give them that information.
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There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
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I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.
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I have chosen to keep my personal life separate from my music, as the two are exclusive from each other, and I want to remain that way. I'll talk music, production, writing songs, touring with anyone but keep religion, politics and world affairs off the table, as my expertise is in songs and music.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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I'm not very well known. However, the more well known you get, the more people are going to have expectations of you. Although that's great, it also imposes certain pressures.
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The single most important thing we can do to protect our communities from climate change is to reduce dangerous carbon pollution.
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Because the GIs were sent massively to South Vietnam, maybe it's a good idea to have a broadcast for them.
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French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.
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If you look at Indian movies, every time they wanted an exotic locale, they would have a dance number in Kashmir. Kashmir was India's fairyland. Indians went there because in a hot country you go to a cold place. People would be entranced by the sight of snow.
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I always want to work on things that really scare me and interest me at the same time, and you know, I definitely had some projects in the past that did that, but the stars never aligned in getting them up. So 'Lion' was another project that really interested me, and the stars did align on this one. It just happened to be my first film!
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I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.
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On signing day, my mom brought me the national letter of intent to Arkansas. I should feel like I'm making the right decision. You get that many people telling you that. I had been dreaming about it. I signed 'No' where I was supposed to sign my name and put an exclamation point.
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It's not at all naturally human to see something like the Grand Canyon as beautiful.
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I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection.
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You get up and, first thing in the morning, you do your 500 words. Do it every day and you’ve got a book in eight or nine months.
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It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.
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I didn't grow up playing video games. I grew up catching crawdads in the creek and minnows and lizards and snakes.
