Merle Haggard Quotes
We are under government's control, and if people don't realize that, they haven't looked around. And if they're not paranoid, they haven't thought about it.
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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When I was growing up, we never had much money. My parents were divorced young, but I was always surrounded by loving individuals. They couldn't give us riches, but they gave us their stories, their hearts, and their time.
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I'm easily entertained.
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One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its brutality.
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I love puppies, and I love animals in general. Besides that, I do martial arts: extreme martial arts. I also play real guitar and drums, and sing. And I'm taking some college classes, hoping to major in English and creative writing.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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Dance connects us to the musicality of life and to one another. No one should be denied such basic pleasures.
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As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide justice.
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Will I miss Gandalf? Well, I don't miss him, because people are constantly coming up to me mentioning him and talking about him, so I don't feel that I've lost contact.
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The parts of graffiti I like are really antagonizing still - it's not something that a museum would really embrace.
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In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with the sense and perception of people.
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We come from Second City where you're taught if you make your fellow stage partner look good, that makes you look good.
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I have lived my whole life with high intensity.
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I didn't get why I was wearing a mask. But I understand it now - why my dad would want our face to be covered.
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Any skills that I have, I couldn't really make money with them. I would like to think that maybe I would be doing something in psychology or something of that nature because I love that vein of medicine - the getting down and getting nitty-gritty.
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Sometimes you want a Part Two in your life.
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It's not what people do that matters, it's why they do it.
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If your life had lyrics, would they be any good?
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Oddly, I'd been to most of the locations where I started photographing slavery many times before. I even considered some of them homes-away-from-home. But there can be dark corners in familiar places.
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Some artists I know, they would rather not see the audience or envision them. But for me, I'd rather see them. I feel like part of the reason I perform is to feel that connection. It's the reason I love it so much.
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The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.
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We are under government's control, and if people don't realize that, they haven't looked around. And if they're not paranoid, they haven't thought about it.
