Hank Williams Quotes
I was a pretty good imitator of Roy Acuff, but then I found out they already had a Roy Acuff, so I started singin' like myself.
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If you're from Oakland, and you're not a Raiders fan, then you're not from Oakland.
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Jay Townsend has offered, and I have accepted, his resignation from his position with my campaign. Now let's return to talking about issues that really matter to families: job creation, spending restraint and economic development.
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Today's designers don't care if fashion has no relationship to human anatomy.
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I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.
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It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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Water for me is so essential, like swimming.
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The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
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When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel.
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Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.
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I was sitting alone in a grim mood – furious that the press attacked Senator Edwards on the price of a haircut. But it inspired me – from now on, all haircuts, etc., that are necessary and important for his campaign – please send the bills to me... It is a way to help our friend without government restrictions.
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The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.
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I'm a dork!
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Because I've done a lot of theater, I know what power is and how megalomaniacs are, since I've certainly played some.
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People don't have a good intuitive sense of how to weigh new information in light of what they already know. They tend to overrate it.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.
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Before Juilliard, I was a schoolteacher for a little bit. I taught in a charter school. I was a substitute teacher for kids ages 3 to 6.
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I think there was something about being in a tough environment that gave me a certain drive.
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I guess Species was a movie made for me and hence I bagged the role. In fact even when acting, I never thought the outcome would be so good which I think it was! The entire role was a challenge. I was to be this strange yet sexy thing which was challenging!
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If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
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The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject.
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I was a pretty good imitator of Roy Acuff, but then I found out they already had a Roy Acuff, so I started singin' like myself.
