John Mellencamp Quotes
I don't have to worry about any pop sensibility. I can write adult songs, and I don't have to worry about choruses and hook lines.
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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.
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When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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Being in my best shape, my conditioning, it's something I pride myself in.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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If you can play live and support yourself, it's one of the few ways you're going to actually get paid in this business these days.
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No civilisation can claim to have a monopoly on universal values and no one can claim to be always faithful to his own values.
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I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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If the next thing I do is not necessarily filling the role of 'the future of journalism,' it'll probably be whatever is making me happiest, and that's enough for me.
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By knowing your character so well you can't go wrong. All of us kind of fell into that.
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I like to remind myself how hard acting is. I do parts in friends' stuff.
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There's not a fortune to be made doing voiceover work unless you're one of the main voices on The Simpsons. See, there's The Simpsons, and then there's everything else.
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In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.
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But people who really know me, know that I am not a bad boy at heart... I am a big teddy bear.
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People who know me, they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really, and I would love someone to exploit that side of me and send me a romantic comedy.
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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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Don't take my advice. Or anyone's advice. Trust yourself. For good or for bad, happy or unhappy, it's your life, and what you do with it has always been entirely up to you.
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I've learned that when I'm directing, I hate when people are always questioning everything and trying to give me directions.
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We never matched their intensity level. We weren't able to come out of our timeouts and raise our energy level. We just never responded.
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If you're a man, you don't have to worry about your manliness.
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Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.. .The inner life of a human being is a vast and varied realm.
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I don't have to worry about any pop sensibility. I can write adult songs, and I don't have to worry about choruses and hook lines.
