Jimmy Buffett Quotes
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
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In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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If people really knew what they were getting into with their third chemotherapy treatment, or getting a pacemaker when they're 92, if they really knew what that was going to mean, they might say no, and we should give them that information.
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Growing up, you always want to hang with your dad - go fishing or whatever. But my dad was always working, so we never really had time for that. I think I kind of learned to accept it.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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During my theatre days, I was more comfortable doing comedy. It's such an irony. I have always played a buffoon on stage, and yet I don't have any comic role to my credit.
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I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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Spanglish is a creative way also of saying, 'I am an American, and I have my own style, my own taste, my own tongue.'
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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It's not about me, it's about my family. You don't answer questions for you, but for us. You learn to live beyond yourself.
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
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There would be nights when I would wake up and couldn't get back to sleep. So I would go downstairs and write. The staff had a pool going on how many pages of typing I would bring in here in the morning.
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We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.
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I'm a straight shooter, and most of the time my ego doesn't interrupt my relationships.
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I am nice to everybody. But people really take advantage of it.
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And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale.
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I don't understand the iPhone. I just don't get it. Don't ya'll have to write serious emails throughout the day? How can you possibly manage detailed missives on a phone with no keys?
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Not to get too grandiose about it, but I really believe I'm saying things a lot of Americans want someone to say.
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Who decides what is and what isn't punk? I want to write songs that people hear and feel, and I want to be successful and reach a big audience. I'm not trying to be the coolest guy in the world; I'm trying to write songs that mean something to people. As you get successful, sometimes you lose one set of fans and gain another.
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You get religion as your hair turns grey.
