Merle Haggard Quotes
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My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.
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I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.
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I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
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I'm a hoot and a half, I like to think.
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I started my career with 'Refugee' in Bhuj. Now, it has become a full-fledged city.
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We are laying the foundations of a government, which we hope may outlast the Pyramids.
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Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.
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Why if I had half a chance, I could make an entire movie using this stock footage. The story opens on these mysterious explosions. Nobody knows what's causing them, but it's upsetting all the buffalo. So, the military are called in to solve the mystery.
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I want everyone to know what they deserve in relationships: that they can demand equality and kindness. Because everyone will have a relationship at some point in their life. It's what we all do, every day, and we need to know how to do it.
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I'm actually pretty shy in real life. But I guess in front of the camera, I focus.
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The future is never written...only penciled in.
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Friendship is often outgrown; and his former child’s clothes will no more fit a man than some of his former friendships.
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I've definitely had crazy acting teachers.
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I encourage interoffice romance.
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As the coding movement continues to grow, the common narrative of the white male geek as the predominant influencer on geek culture will erode.
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There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
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I'm not saying we need to stop immigration at all; people can come from wherever.
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Telling a joke is like doing a linguistic pirouette. If you fall flat, it means not only that you don't have the wherewithal to do it well but also that you have misjudged your own skill, that you are fool enough to undertake something you can't finish -- and that lack of self-control or self-knowledge is a lack of grace.
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I think it's perfectly possible for us to stay outside of power politics, or parliamentary politics, and speak about things like the American hegemony in the region or speak about the unjust war on terror that's been brought to our borders.
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Genuine transcendence doesn't just look away from human suffering and say, "I am at peace, so I'm at the mountaintop." Genuine transcendence looks human suffering in the eye and attains peace because of a faith in things unseen.
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I was proud to be a member of the IRA. I am still 40 years on proud that I was a member of the IRA. I am not going to be a hypocrite and sit here and say something different.
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I don't think there's ever been a friendly divorce.
