Merle Haggard Quotes
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I put it to you that there are no British poets, there are no British novelists. I have heard myself described as one, but I think really I'm an English novelist; there are Scottish poets and Scottish novelists.
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Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.
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Our educational system is appallingly poor right now. Yet, somehow we're turning out some of the most intellectual and powerful sophisticated minds in the world. I think that's because we still have the opportunity here.
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My priority is to take care of my daughter and my family.
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Seasonality in winter doesn't have to mean sleep-inducing, stew-like, starchy casseroles.
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I live in Las Vegas with my family, and I never realized what my parents would go through to get me to a five-minute audition.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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Drink warm water with lemon first thing in the morning. It's a good way to detox and alkalize your body.
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I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro.
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Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether you let it affect you or not.
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Acting has made me embrace my childhood. It's become some weird form of therapy. It's like I have a place where I can release all of these emotions. When I was playing Ira Hayes, I didn't have to think about the death of my parents directly. It's just there. I can blend it into Ira's character. I can use Ira's emotions as an outlet.
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There are, I think, four distinct types of weird story: one expressing a mood or feeling, another expressing a pictorial conception, a third expressing a general situation, condition, legend or intellectual conception, and a fourth explaining a definite tableau or specific dramatic situation or climax.
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The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by still being in a dead heat with Mitt Romney. And one of the reasons that he is, is because the changing face of the electorate are giving him a small boost.
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You feel like you're really a part of a movement when you're singing Journey at a karaoke bar.
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I've done it all.
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India does not need to become anything else. India must become only India. This is a country that once upon a time was called the golden bird.
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I used to go in for Disney auditions, and they'd tell me, 'You're cute and nice but just not funny.'
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So, for instance, if you came to me, I'd ask, 'Do you want to write? Do you want to improvise? Why do you want to play this instrument? What do you want to do?'
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Finishing is one of the most difficult things to do in cricket. A player can't be a finisher in just 6 months or one year. You have to be used to that responsibility, keeping on doing what is required from you over a period of time.
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I'm not sure that the problem of violence in society can be put at the feet of the entertainment industry.
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Well, you just know, as a writer, I didn't really write one of the five best screenplays of the year. There were lots of brilliant screenplays; I was just one of the lucky ones who got nominated.
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I haven't had any problems with my back since I got the foot surgery.
