Willie Nelson Quotes
'I'm just an ole redneck from Texas who ain't a Democrat or Republican, but I can look at a guy and tell whether I like him or not.'
Quotes to Explore
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There are lots of films I wish stopped at installment number one. I like 'Back to the Future Part II' and 'Part III' enough, but I still like the ending of the first one better.
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Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
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Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.
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In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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To me, success is choice and opportunity.
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There is no better way to bring people together than with desserts.
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There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come.
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I know about the tech industry in that I follow what apps are hot and software development. I know my way around different browsers. I know how to restart a computer.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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Do I love the road? Honestly? No - but it's how I earn my living. I also don't have the blues, like it's some kind of fever. The blues is my job. It's what I do.
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Dad always explained the car engine when he repaired it, and he had many technical books, so I was making electromagnets by age eight as well as reading my mother's medical and nursing books. I suspect I was born with a boundless curiosity, and this was encouraged through my childhood.
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The M-1 is the best tank in the world, if you can get it to the war in time, if you have a Saddam Hussein who'll give you seven months to move your forces in.
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Only science and the spirit of seeking truth from facts can save China. I firmly believe in this.
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I still think I am the greatest.
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Clothes have memories, and sometimes you don't want to remember. People remember where they bought the clothes, who gave them, or where they stole them from.
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To put it bluntly, the push for 'college for all' sets up students to fail.
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The left no longer stands for common sense, as it did in the days of Tom Paine.
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I'm the type of guy that likes to lead by example.
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One interesting thing about jazz, or art in general, but jazz especially is such an individual art form in the sense that improvisation is such a big part of it, so it feels like it should be less soldiers in an army and more like free spirits melding. And yet, big band jazz has a real military side to it.
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Christianity is entitled to the tribute of respect. I do not of course mean that all individuals, nominally Christian, deserve trust, confidence, or even respect, for the contrary is too often the case. Too often, men hold religion as they do property - in their wives' names.
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'I'm just an ole redneck from Texas who ain't a Democrat or Republican, but I can look at a guy and tell whether I like him or not.'
