Cole Swindell Quotes
I like the songs that are fun, that aren't gonna change the world - I've some of those - but even something like, 'You Should Be Here,' that was my chance to say, 'Look, this is me, too. I'm just a normal person.'
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more likely to have it waged in Baltimore and Kansas.
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I think watching Channing Tatum caress his Lego Oscar statue will be something I won't forget. Even if I try.
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Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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I started the business as a computer consulting business, which, coupled to my nickname, Scorpion, formed the full name Scorpion Computer Services.
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As a result of 50 years of emancipation, feminine qualities were dying out or being transferred to the males. Pansies of both sexes were everywhere, not yet completely homosexual, but confused not knowing what they were. The result was a herd of unhappy sexual misfits... the women wanting to dominate and the men to be nannied.
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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
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I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.
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Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less.
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People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
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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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If I go to a baseball game, I hear 'Shoeless Joe,' but otherwise, I hear 'toe pick' five times a day. No matter how many more movies I make, that'll be on my gravestone.
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My mom was on a soap opera for 40 years, so I know about love and romance.
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I never was interested in being part of the fashion world - I just wanted to design shoes. I didn't even know 'Vogue' existed when I was growing up. 'Vogue,' what is that?'
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The world of extreme sports is also one of big business. Kids might think that snowboarding is the ultimate freedom, but this freedom is being marketed to them by commercial sponsors.
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From a very young age my mother persuaded me that I could write for fun, but I had to have a proper job - very good advice.
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Laughing a lot is really good for you, embracing your children's future and embracing your grandchildren, and not having regrets and not being bitter and not being angry.
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I like the songs that are fun, that aren't gonna change the world - I've some of those - but even something like, 'You Should Be Here,' that was my chance to say, 'Look, this is me, too. I'm just a normal person.'
