Glen Campbell Quotes
We didn't have electricity when I was a kid. We had to watch TV by candlelight. No, that's a silly joke.
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People really feel that, when they go to the gas pump now, that the oil cartel is holding them by the legs and tipping them upside down and shaking money out of their pockets.
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I think I've been really good at surrounding myself with really talented people. I've picked the right coattails to ride on.
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I believe that incentivized prizing is the best solution to help unlock the answers to the some of the profound problems that plague our planet.
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If death weren't around to 'finalize' the Darwinian process, we'd all still be amoebas.
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It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.
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Law school and summer camp are the two experiences that inform pretty much all I do.
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With a disaster like global warming, it's too late to worry about when it's looming except to figure out how to adapt to it.
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I don't believe anyone who says they don't care what people say about them. Of course they bloody well do.
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For me, with music, there is no half-stepping. This is my calling.
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I meet everybody. If somebody invites me to their house and they got a drum set close, I'm going to play, man. Let's jam. I don't care. Get in where you fit in and enjoy the experience.
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It's fascinating to be in a place where no one has ever heard of me.
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My Welsh grandmother Mair didn't meet my grandfather until she was 28, quite old to be unmarried in the early '40s.
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I don't read my reviews, but I have a bunch of them and I will when I'm 80.
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Human history in essence is the history of ideas.
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When you want a break from dogs, and you take them to the kennel to the stars, no one thinks you're a bad pet owner. But when you have kids, you can't drop them off for three weeks without someone calling Child Protective Services!
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With any show, when fans come up to you, they assume you're just like your character.
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When you get as old as I am, you kind of believe there's nothing new under the sun, but there's always a fresh way of looking at something. That's why I love working with young people. They remind you of things you used to know and have since forgotten.
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It was interesting to find how dominating American vision is all over the world. I think there's something to be said about the world's mindset and its economics and all of that, and I think it affects the way we see ourselves and it affects music.
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I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me - so am I.
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Have you seen 'American Idol' lately? I'm sure that some kids somewhere at this moment are thrashing themselves silly over what they call 'Rock n' Roll.'
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There's power in looking silly and not caring that you do.
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I still like doing stand-up now, but it's not the same. It used to be that I was out there with five other comedians. Now I usually just do it alone.
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I crave the freedom of knowing that if I want to do something, I can do it. It's important that I live in such a way that I can maintain a direct response to ideas.
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We didn't have electricity when I was a kid. We had to watch TV by candlelight. No, that's a silly joke.
