Jimmy Buffett Quotes
The right combination of guilt and machismo has sent many a fool out into the jungle when he should have stayed home.
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The thing about doing anything artificial to your hair is that you have to look after it. So you're always vulnerable to the weather and time.
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I'm not willing to commit American taxpayers' money anymore or American troops on the ground in another Middle Eastern country.
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The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really.
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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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Texans deserve better than failed leaders who dole out favors to friends and cronies behind closed doors. It's time for a governor who believes that you don't have to buy a place in Texas' future. It's time for a governor who believes that the future of Texas belongs to all of us.
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The French are pretty thin-skinned. The few times I mentioned a French writer in 'City Boy,' the relatives would ring up in high dudgeon. I once wrote a mocking review of Marguerite Duras in the 'New York Review of Books,' and good friends of mine in France got very angry.
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
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I have my dad's shape. No booty.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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Your heart can only take you so far - sometimes the physical body tells you otherwise.
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I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.
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I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.
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The law of England is much more severe upon offences against property than against the person, as becomes a people whose ruling passion is money.
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I was educated at King's College, Taunton and went to the University of Cambridge in 1942.
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The only music we ever listened to out in the piney woods was Roy Acuff and the Grand Ole Opry. That was the only night of the week I was allowed to lay in the middle of the bed with Mama and Daddy, just long enough to hear Roy Acuff sing; then I had to go back to bed.
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People that went to art house theatre have more options, I used to go, but now think any movie can be delivered in a red envelope three months after it's released so why not watch it on my flat screen in the comfort of home.
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The successful sale of British Telecom... reveals a vast and untapped yearning among ordinary people for a direct stake in the ownership of British enterprise. Investment in shares has begun to take its place, with ownership of a home and either a bank or building society deposit, as a way for ordinary people to participate in enterprise and wealth creation. We are seeing the birth of people's capitalism.
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The right combination of guilt and machismo has sent many a fool out into the jungle when he should have stayed home.
