Jon Pardi Quotes
I like hearing fiddles, steel guitar, acoustics up loud - really rock & roll stuff but with a country sound behind it. That's just who I am. I'm not trying to prove a point; I am just doing what I like. But I don't have any problems with any other artist coming in and doing their own thing.
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When I was in college, I studied business because I thought I wanted to be a director and producer.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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I like having a smaller family. I think the more people you have in the family, the more people there are to have problems with.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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Many faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.
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I do not play golf regularly, but I feel that hitting the moving ball in cricket is tougher than hitting a stationary ball as in golf, which requires more concentration and steady hands.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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The fact is that in too many communities in cities in Britain gangs now have become completely rooted into these communities and they destroy them around them.
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I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.
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If I sit down to write a young-adult novel, then I'm going to write either to the punch-pulling expectation of what I can't do, or I'm going to go the other way and think about what can I sneak in to be 'down with the kids' - which would be excruciating.
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I always wanted to be a comedic actor - that's what I wanted from the job - to do comedy and to create my own comedy. But I still love doing stand-up and will probably be doing it forever. I'd love to be an old guy who can't really walk, can't really stand-up, and I have to sit on the stool and tell jokes.
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There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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It's called a pen. It's like a printer, hooked straight to my brain.
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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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I think it's a mistake for the American public to constantly be told that if you work for an oil company or you work for a bank, that automatically makes you bad. I think a lot of these people are very qualified people who are patriots. They're going to want to help the country.
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Whenever you talk about Chinese dragons, emperors, palaces, concubines - they conjure up a whole colonial argle-bargle that has nothing to do with historical reality.
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I always like to get local music when I'm in another country.
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If I ever move back to Canada, it'll be because I'm terminally ill.
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I like hearing fiddles, steel guitar, acoustics up loud - really rock & roll stuff but with a country sound behind it. That's just who I am. I'm not trying to prove a point; I am just doing what I like. But I don't have any problems with any other artist coming in and doing their own thing.
