Merle Haggard Quotes
Willie Nelson's the one who told me the reason it costs so much to get divorced is because it's worth it.
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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
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If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.
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I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.
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Well, it really describes what it feels like to be a normal person whose boss and friend suddenly runs for the president, and then becomes the president.
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People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.
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At first, I didn't know what an actor was. I thought it was an acrobat. I saw acrobats at the circus, and I thought that was interesting. In my head, that was what I imagined I wanted to be when I grew up. Then I realized what an actor was, and I've gravitated to it ever since.
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Great songwriting will never die - it's in the DNA of music - but what's new and exciting is pairing that with new sounds that technology is enabling us to make.
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No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.
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I stick to what got me here and what I know best. That's the same routine. I'm not going to vary it.
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I think that's the big difference between this one [Ordinary World] and a lot of the other rock 'n' roll movies. They're playing to tape, but Fred Armisen and I were actually in a rock 'n' roll bad together. I also really related to the character, especially when it came to the parenting part. I'm a pretty klutzy parent.
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This little expression, 'It doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere,' is a monstrous lie.
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I wouldn't say I'm the "nice" judge, but I was certainly reminded a couple of times that this is for a million dollars. There's one thing to just do a good dance, but I had to ask myself, "Is that the million-dollar dance?" There are certain dances that people prefer, and I preferred the intelligent and smart choreography.
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Paul Desmond sounds like a female alcoholic.
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This created world really helped me as an actor. It heightened everything, which made it more dangerous, more interesting and more liberating.
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Few challenges facing America and the world are more urgent than combating climate change. The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clear.
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If we fall into the trap of painting all Muslims with a broad brush and imply that we are at war with an entire religion, then we are doing the terrorists' work for them.
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When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long, full of adventure, full of knowledge.
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I see no reason why the artistic world can't absolutely merge with Madison Avenue. Pop art is a move in that direction. Why can't we have advertisements with beautiful words and beautiful images?
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On the one hand, there is no reason that a black person needs to live a portion of his or her life being concerned about the people of color around him. On the other hand, if you don't you're crazy.
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The reason music became so powerful to our generation is that it's art you can consume in your car, and we were driving around a lot.
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What is it you want? My reply, I want what I have.
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My uncle, gentlemen, could say nothing; he was so very much astonished The queerest thing of all, was, that although there was such a crowd of persons, and although fresh faces were pouring in, every moment, there was no telling where they came from. They seemed to start up, in some strange manner, from the ground, or the air, and disappear in the same way.
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Willie Nelson's the one who told me the reason it costs so much to get divorced is because it's worth it.
