Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (John Denver) Quotes
I was never trying to write a hit. I was just trying to write good songs and get a message out, and it was my great good fortune to be popular.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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Like baseball, food will never go out of style; we will always need to eat and we will always find it entertaining. I think of food TV this way - all the fun and none of the calories.
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I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis. On soccer days, I'd be out of bed by 6 in the morning, all nervous. But I was always calm when it was time for a tennis match. I still don't know why.
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Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
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I love 'The Wire;' that's my favorite show, so I'll watch that.
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It's up to the audience. It always has been.
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There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.
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My children receive education that greatly emphasizes the fact they are part of a human group that has tradition, collective memory, and a state. I am a great believer in the need for Israel to be a Jewish state. I certainly believe my children will pass that on to their children.
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I think there needs some attention to be paid to what sport is going to represent to young people: should it be viewed in the competitive, team-oriented sense that it is now, or does it become a vehicle for betting, which may, in effect, change the atmosphere in the stadiums and the arenas?
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There's nothing in the Bible that says, 'You must play video games.'
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I choose to express myself.
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Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it.
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My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things.
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If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.
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For a long time, it was believed that war was waged by armies which could not be identified with the nation itself. Professional soldiers took upon themselves the job of defending national interests, and it was understood that the war affected only them; the country itself went on living and working.
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Everything I do is blown out of proportion. It really hurts my feelings.
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If you don't work near a water cooler and hanker for the company of fellow natural history enthusiasts, 'The Blue Planet II Podcast' has Emily Knight and Becky Ripley enthusing infectiously about and delving deeper into the most recent episode.
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Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to ensure fair pay for women in the workplace. In addition, he succeeded in getting a measure passed to end discrimination against gays in the military.
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What argument have they to persuade the young men to fight except merely in another squalid attempt to defend themselves against a redistribution of the international swag?
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I would direct TV. That's a little different. It's more of a contained world as a director. When you're doing a film you get on the rollercoaster, you put the safety bar down and then you're gone. And it's hard. It's hard, too, as a parent, I think, because the hours are so long. It's hard.
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A lot of times you can lose the MP3s - it's a lot of labor to be finding it again, putting things back up. You gotta back up, back up, back up.
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I was never trying to write a hit. I was just trying to write good songs and get a message out, and it was my great good fortune to be popular.
