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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To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
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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'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
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Surf music at the time that I did it wasn't mainstream, nor were the Cheech and Chong albums. The risk comes from having the ability to do something that hadn't been done before that I thought was either interesting as an art form or just should be done.
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People become writers in the first place by those things that hurt you into art, as Yeats said it. Then they become separated from what started out affecting them. Journalism forces you to look at the world so you don't get cut off.
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I am that guy who will say things that people seem to think is a little edgy, a little racy.
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We're the only major company in the U.S. that is solely in the professional beauty industry. We promised hairdressers when we started that we would stay with them. If I went retail tomorrow then we would be four times our size overnight, but I'm going to be the one guy who kept his word.
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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.'
