Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (John Denver) Quotes
My purpose in performing is to communicate the joy I experience in living.
Quotes to Explore
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I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.
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I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
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I figured out early on what I wanted to do.
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It is so much more difficult to live with one's body than with one's soul. One's body is so much more exacting: what it won't have it won't have, and nothing can make bitter into sweet.
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You're always facing the top defenders in this league. To go out there and do your best, that's all you can ask for.
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I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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I split my commission and personal work about 50 per cent each. It is important to get that balance in life.
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It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
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My general idea of the world is that I'm not different at all because I'm a girl. So I get blindsided sometimes because I forget that that's a thing.
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So, it looks like we rebuild the village and blow it apart a few more times.
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When it comes to the president, we have to respect him, we have to protect him, and we have to correct him. And in my career, since he'd been on the national stage at least, I've had - I've always respected the president.
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There are many more serial killers living outside the prison walls than inside.
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I feel like woman was brought to this world to have family and kids.
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You have to constantly monitor yourself – the results of care – always determined visually.
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In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight.
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If I were writing about Picasso and pointed out that he painted women because he was interested in the female form, that would seem like an obvious point. I don't know why people revolt when I point out that Rockwell painted the male figure and was interested in it.
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My purpose in performing is to communicate the joy I experience in living.
