George Strait Quotes
I've been blessed with the ability to sing, and that has taken me so many places I never would have gone otherwise.
Quotes to Explore
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The camera fails to capture the 'business' in show business! We typically will give 10 percent of our salary to the agent, 10 percent to the manager, and 5 percent to the lawyer, plus the publicist gets a flat fee, which needs to be budgeted for.
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I try and take the commonplace - and some of it is writ large, like death - take the commonplace and make it universally resonant, revelatory, and beautiful at the same time.
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I have, like, 45 celeb crushes at all times - celeb and Instagram crushes. I'm such a creep.
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The first president I met was L. B. J.
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Time is valuable; people are busy.
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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Starting in the third grade, my dad had me read the 'Denver Post.' I had to discuss two articles with him before dinner, and we would also watch '60 Minutes' together.
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I have about 4 million Lego bricks. And then a few million in storage in case something comes up. I still pay for them. I buy my bricks just like everyone else. It's by far my biggest capital expense.
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Women are, in my view, natural peacemakers. As givers and nurturers of life, through their focus on human relationships and their engagement with the demanding work of raising children and protecting family life, they develop a deep sense of empathy that cuts through to underlying human realities.
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In South Africa, I feel I am a stranger, at best an animal.
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Given the divisiveness and pain that have accompanied several state religious freedom laws, I approach attempts at legislating religious exceptions to anti-discrimination laws with great sensitivity and care.
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For me to be as effective as possible, I intend to sharpen those skills I need to successfully lead an organization that is growing in size and complexity with each passing year.
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The nice thing about publishing later in life is that you already know who you are. You don't have to hang out with the 'Paris Review' crowd to try to make yourself feel like a legitimate writer.
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I'm mainly an airport author, and if you're trying to take your mind off the journey, you're not going to read 'King Lear.'
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The amygdala is indeed crucial for monitoring our environment and deciding what's worth getting worked up over. Once the amygdala determines this, however, it merely trips another circuit to actually produce the panic.
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It's always nice when someone comes up to you and tells you they enjoy the show. At least they're not coming up and saying how much they hate it.
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With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue.
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Philosophizing means, then, to ascend from public dogma to essentially private knowledge.
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Today, nearly 40 percent of a senior's healthcare spending is on pharmaceutical medications.
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Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us.
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I always say, as an actress, I get to portray the human condition, but as an activist, I get to change the human condition.
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I've been blessed with the ability to sing, and that has taken me so many places I never would have gone otherwise.
