Hank Williams Quotes
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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I like risky stuff.
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What I'm trying to do is to write a story. If you take something from it, that's wonderful; if you don't, that's wonderful as well.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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If you learn the craft, you can make a movie and get by with tricks.
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The world can be very small. That's why you have to be very careful, whoever you meet.
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You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.
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I feel like I'm supposed to be a shooter.
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Liberalism is assisting quality of life, whatever you may choose.
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You can't get emotional about your work.
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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You know, I haven't written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more.
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I love Vegas. It's like going to Disneyland.
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Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.
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Yellow's more like, I'm not trying to be this sexy vixen or anything, obviously. I'm a very friendly person, and I literally do just want to be your friend. I think all of that is wrapped up in yellow. It seems to work. I like being in it.
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If you have your eye set on somebody, don't beat around the bush.
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I have no one style.
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Success is a completely abstract thing - it has no bearing on daily life, family matters, the matter of artistic creation, but it can affect grace, and if I lose that, I really have gained nothing from success.
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You got to have smelt a lot of mule manure before you can sing like a hillbilly.
