Rodney Atkins Quotes
My family and I are just regular folks, just trying to get through the day and do the best you can and pay the bills, and that's who we're singing to.
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The options are war versus peace, and I am delighted that, so far, it appears that peaceful negotiation has won the day.
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I started at the top and worked my way down.
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I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art.
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There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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You learnt that, whatever you are doing in life, obstacles don't matter very much. Pain or other circumstances can be there, but if you want to do a job bad enough, you'll find a way to get it done.
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There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to the Chinese here but because China has become such a dominant force - then there could very well be a backlash.
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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
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Yeah, I'm from Jersey; it's almost like I was automatically born a Nets fan.
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We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don't think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.
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The one thing I do have is good ears. I don't mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed my ear through piano theory, but I never had a guitar lesson in my life, except from Eric Clapton off of records.
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I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
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Christ's strength is manifest in our weakness, so if we had everything together there would be no need for Him.
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Color is a matter of taste and of sensitivity.
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I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial, but the cause was the same.
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Legolas is fantastic to dress up in - of course he is - and I've had the best time playing him.
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Society puts so much emphasis on outer appearance, but being confident in yourself and not letting others' opinions affect you is pretty amazing.
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I'm trying to get a thicker skin. I like to be aware of people's perceptions of me, but when you put it as a priority, as a means to judging your worth, that's when it can be dangerous.
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The simple answer is I'd just be a guy trying to feed my family, like everybody else. The complicated answer is, I think I'd be in some sort of military or government world of some sort.
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The traffic - that is what's hindering downtown Bluefield. There is no traffic. Again, we are just trying to get the traffic into the heart. Your downtown is your civic heart. If the heart stops beating - just like in your body - you are dead. Symbolically, that is what is happening in Bluefield.
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My family and I are just regular folks, just trying to get through the day and do the best you can and pay the bills, and that's who we're singing to.
