Earl King Quotes
Most people say, 'Well, Earl, you sing the blues,' or however they want to categorize it. I just sing songs.
Quotes to Explore
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It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.
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I have been to Canada several times. It was autumn when I visited Vancouver, and I will always remember the colour of the trees in British Columbia were stunning.
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I think it's always best to be who you are.
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My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.
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Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
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My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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The historical novelist has to consider what has actually happened, while the SF writer is dealing in possibilities, but they are both in the business of imagining a world unlike our own and yet connected to it.
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I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
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The Strauss Group identified water as a strategic category presenting significant business opportunity in line with the Group's long term business strategy and vision. We view the development of a technology that enables high quality drinking water for both home and offices as a means to improve the quality of life of millions of people.
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I never come away from a film thinking I nailed it.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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Drama school introduced me to a world I had no idea about. I wasn't brought up in a literary household at all.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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We as children went up the mountain to find feed for livestock, like goats, cows and horses, and because in the winter time we would light the fire in the house, we would climb the mountain to collect firewood as well. Because of that, I suppose I became used to climbing mountains.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live.
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So they all went away from the little log house. The shutters were over the windows, so the little house could not see them go. It stayed there inside the log fence, behind the two big oak trees that in the summertime had made green roofs for Mary and Laura to play under.
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You have to persuade yourself that you absolutely don't care what happens. If you don't care, you've won. I absolutely promise you, in every serious negotiation, the man or woman who doesn't care is going to win.
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Trust is not about what you can or cannot do in the name of love but who you are and what you choose to reveal as things progress and evolve.
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Once people take ownership over the decision to receive feedback, they're less defensive about it.
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Often, the fact that I haven't done something as a writer is all the reason I need to try it.
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I didn't go to a normal high school. It was for people in the performing arts.
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Most people say, 'Well, Earl, you sing the blues,' or however they want to categorize it. I just sing songs.
