Merle Haggard Quotes
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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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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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More cuts were needed to avoid exiting the eurozone.
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Love can be a huge mountain, a gentle garden, a raging storm, a cool breeze, or a perfect bath. But there is always fire somewhere nearby. There is always the red-hot stuff of the soul's initiation. If there isn't fire, then it isn't love ... If it doesn't insist that you move to your next level, if it doesn't take your heart and make it explode in a million pieces, only to fall back together again in some Moment of enlightened understanding, then you haven't really loved.
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Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything.
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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My first interviews, I didn't know what to say. I was really, really shy. It's overwhelming sometimes.
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I don't think there's ever been a friendly divorce.
