Merle Haggard Quotes
It's easier to force feed people than it is to give 'em what they want. It makes more money.Merle Haggard
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You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that you're connected to everybody else.
Adam Arkin -
You know, I think I did originally have some sort of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of mission against impossible odds, but it really sort of died before I had a chance to really go anywhere with it, and then just doing the book was out of the question.
Garth Ennis -
The insurgents are Baathists and Sunnis in Iraq who have as their goal a separate and distinct one of toppling the government that is there and creating their own.
Ike Skelton -
When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
Oscar Hijuelos -
The Navy runs their process. The House of Representatives doesn't do anything about their process. We do not select. Navy officers select.
Patricia Schroeder -
If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
Baz Luhrmann
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He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.
Abraham Lincoln -
When a crowd rushes into your house without declaring its intention, it is, by definition, an invasion.
Viktor Orban -
I had people in 'Entertainment Weekly' talking about how they wanted to throttle me because they thought I was too disgustingly cute, as if that were my fault, you know, as if that was my fault, not the fault of directors and producers and such.
Mara Wilson -
That I am not a member of any Christian church is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures, and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.
Abraham Lincoln -
The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.
B. F. Skinner -
I'm intimidated by the fear of being average.
Taylor Swift
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I have beautiful, beautiful clothes, designed by my bachelor boy son, Kenny. Kenny has a big following as it is, and even Lady Gaga has asked Kenny to design dresses for her. But Kenny isn't very keen on, well, shall we say, extreme women. He likes someone that women all over the world can identify with.
Barry Humphries -
I have said it before and I will say it again: Impeachment is off the table.
Nancy Pelosi -
In manufacturing, we try to stamp out variance. With people, variance is everything.
Jack Welch -
Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. Nobody said when.
Margaret Atwood -
For our family, learning was everything. Homework came first; books, being sacred, were never to be left on the floor.
Anand Giridharadas -
Few artists can afford artistic temperament.
Mason Cooley
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Here's the thing; I'm not in shape.
Angela Kinsey -
I do not think that condemning people who murder and killing them necessarily sends out the right message.
Charlize Theron -
People have become less discriminating listeners, which is tragic, really. There's a lot of emperor's new clothes out there, whether they're female or male solo acts. That bothers me. It's hard to break through, and it's like climbing Mount Everest if you actually do.
Paula Cole -
In an audience of rough people a generous sentiment always brings down the house. In the tumult of war both sides applaud a heroic deed.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson -
After 9/11, the U.S. seemed vulnerable for the first time in a long time. We were no longer the superpower that no other country could touch. I thought, 'When and how did that dominance begin?'
Jennifer Egan -
It's easier to force feed people than it is to give 'em what they want. It makes more money.
Merle Haggard