Darius Rucker Quotes
It's more relaxing after 10 years of thinking that we'd never get a record deal. And after doing as well as the first record did, we feel like we can make records whenever we want. That's the biggest change for us as a band.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.
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At the core, we are dealing with two parties that have fundamentally different views of the world.
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I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.
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Often, little situations trigger enormous reactions. Be there, present for it. Your partner will find it easier to see it in you, and you will find it easier to see it in them.
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I knew Jimmy Dean. He tested for 'Battle Cry'. Paul Newman tested for 'Battle Cry'. I did nine tests to finally get that role.
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I don't really feel McCain. It ain't just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.
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I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
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In our world of rampant 'individualisation', relationships are mixed blessings. They vacillate between a sweet dream and a nightmare, and there is no telling when one turns into the other.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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My dad grew up wrestling. He knew Ken Shamrock, and I didn't know who he was at the time. So, he found out that Shamrock was in a gym in Reno, and he wanted me to go try a class with him. I tried it and fell in love the first day. Ken told me that I had potential in this sport, and he's the reason I kept at it.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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All paths are the same, leading nowhere. Therefore, pick a path with heart!
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Music is my heart, but I see television and more movies in the next stage of my life.
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Let's face it, I only practice yoga because the classes are always packed with beautiful women.
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I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.
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Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.
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It's just a compulsion to create something new and stay busy. I don't know how to do anything else. It was never exactly right. Those records came out in spite of their flaws. And because of their flaws they were good.
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Understanding people's difficulties and-just as crucial-helping people understand their own difficulties and teaching them concrete ways to help themselves will help them better deal with their own lives and, in turn, ours.
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Every family has that secret. Every family has that thing where you go, 'Shhh, shhh, shhh.'
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'Ragtime' is about how we get through ugliness, how we talk together, work together, get through it together.
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It's more relaxing after 10 years of thinking that we'd never get a record deal. And after doing as well as the first record did, we feel like we can make records whenever we want. That's the biggest change for us as a band.
