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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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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Some claim a place in the list of patriots, by an acrimonious and unremitting opposition to the court. This mark is by no means infallible. Patriotism is not necessarily included in rebellion. A man may hate his king, yet not love his country.
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One of the things I really like about Ford's films is how there is always a focus on the way characters live, and not just the male heroes.
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I came from a town of maybe 30,000 people.
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God will bring people and events into our lives, and whatever we may think about them, they are designed for the evolution of His life in us.
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We don't need bigger cars or fancier clothes. We need self-respect, identity, community, love, variety, beauty, challenge and a purpose in living that is greater than material accumulation.
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My family has been around campaigns for a long time. It's something you really have to be sure that you alone want to do. Because if not, if you don't want to do it, that will just blow through the surface at some point, and people can tell. And when people can tell, it's all over.
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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.
