Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (John Denver) Quotes
I think the biggest problem in the world is that we have a generation of young people, and maybe two, who don't think it's going to get any better.
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When belief in a god dies, the god dies.
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Not to speak disparagingly of Justin Bieber or Rihanna, but they're not so hands-on with their image or their sound. They don't write the music. They have people doing things for them.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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If you don't have liberty and self-determination, you've got nothing, that's what this is what this country is built on. And this is the ultimate self-determination, when you determine how and when you're going to die when you're suffering.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death.
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I don't want to wait 20 or 50 years for something to be done about petrochemical pollution.
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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When I was coming up as a kid, there were programs that kept me out of trouble and on the straight and narrow in South Central Los Angeles, and I always felt that when I got to a stage where I could provide similar opportunities to kids then I would do that.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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And now I have a big house, nice clothes and I travel in first class and I love it, so maybe it's time to enjoy being a star.
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Sometimes you have to step away from what you love in order to learn how to love it again.
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We need to become good citizens in the global village, instead of competing. What are we competing for - to drive more cars, eat more steaks? That will destroy the world.
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There was no difference between my characters and the life my readers were going to have to face.
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Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways.
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We've got this cultural mentality that you've got to be an idiot to be a farmer.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one's own self-obsession.
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I'm a guy who shakes your hand and will never let you down. I have a code of honor and I don't lie.
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I think the biggest problem in the world is that we have a generation of young people, and maybe two, who don't think it's going to get any better.
